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Locked-Down Cinema
Film reviews of all the films I should have seen but didn't...
What do you do if you receive a Christmas present that is a membership to the British Film Institute when there's a pandemic on...?
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Ravi Swami
Apr 16, 20224 min read
"France", Dir: Bruno Dumont, 2021
In "France" she portrays a glamorous news anchor and investigative reporter "France De Meur" with her own show..
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Ravi Swami
Mar 27, 20223 min read
"A Tale of Springtime", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1990
Continuing with his series of films arranged into 4 part anthologies according to a theme,
Éric Rohmer's 1990 film "A Tale of Springtime".
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Ravi Swami
Mar 18, 20224 min read
"Spirits of The Dead", Dir: Vadim, Malle and Fellini, 1968
Produced in 1968, "Spirits of The Dead", (alternately entitled "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"...
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Ravi Swami
Mar 12, 20225 min read
Double Down Delon...1963, 1969
For a long time Alain Delon was a name I associated with the Romanian Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci...
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Ravi Swami
Mar 5, 20225 min read
"Il Bell'Antonio", Dir: Mauro Bolognini, 1960
"Il Bell'Antonio" (Eng: "Handsome Antonio") is included in a line-up of films either written /adapted by or directed by Pier Paulo Pasolini.
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Ravi Swami
Feb 27, 20226 min read
"Kuroneko", Dir: Kaneto Shindo, 1968
"Kuroneko" (Eng: "Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove"), produced and distributed by Japan's Toho Studios..
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Ravi Swami
Feb 25, 20224 min read
A Trio of Truffaut, 1957, 1972, 1973
As with many film directors, alongside their most well-known, career-defining films, there are films that I certainly wasn't aware of...
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Ravi Swami
Feb 15, 20226 min read
"The Red Desert", Dir: Michaelangelo Antonioni, 1964
Vitti was able to demonstrate her range as an actress in the preceding trilogy and her role in "The Red Desert" is no exception..
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Ravi Swami
Feb 7, 20225 min read
Surfing the New Wave...Chabrol, Malle and Varda, '58, '63, '65
Surfing The New Wave :
"Le Beau Serge", Claude Chabrol, "The Fire Within", Louis Malle, "Le Bonheur", Agnes Varda.
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Ravi Swami
Jan 31, 20224 min read
A Clutch of Rohmer's...1963-1972
I'm always up for a dose of Eric Rohmer's carefully observed films about the dynamics of relationships that spanned 3 decades..
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Ravi Swami
Jan 31, 20224 min read
"Love In The City", Dir's: Various (Fellini, Antonioni), 1953
"Love In The City" (Italian: "Amore in Citta") uses a similar faux-documentary style broken down into chapters...
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Ravi Swami
Jan 15, 20225 min read
"Une Chambre En Ville", Dir: Jacques Demy, 1982
Jacques Demy's 1982 film "Une Chambre En Ville" (Eng: "A Room In The Town") qualifies it to be "Late Demy"...
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Ravi Swami
Jan 3, 20225 min read
"Peau d'âne" / "Donkey Skin", Dir: Jacques Demy, 1970
I discovered that "Donkey Skin" was as much of a commercial success as Demy's earlier films...
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Ravi Swami
Dec 29, 20219 min read
"Minnal Murali", Dir: Basil Joseph, 2021
"Minnal Murali" (Eng: "Lightning Murali") premiered this December on Netflix is a Malayalam language superhero film from South India..
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Ravi Swami
Dec 20, 20215 min read
"Peking Man", Dir: Meng Hua Ho, 1977
As oddities go, you can't get odder than "Peking Man" ("The Mighty Peking Man" / "Goliathon" in the U.S) from the renowned Shaw Bros studio.
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Ravi Swami
Dec 12, 20214 min read
"Summit of The Gods" & "Tokyo Godfathers", Dir: Patrick Imbert, 2021, Dir: Satoshi Kon, 2003
Two films that fall under the blanket term of being "Anime", one French and the other Japanese..
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Ravi Swami
Dec 12, 20214 min read
"Harold & Maud", Dir: Hal Ashby, 1971
It also depends on watching a film whose effect might linger until the next morning, as is the case "Harold & Maud"...
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Ravi Swami
Nov 28, 20214 min read
A Bit About Biopics...
Love them or hate them, biopics can vary enormously when they invariably focus on cultural "icons"...
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Ravi Swami
Nov 14, 20216 min read
"The Snake Girl & The Silver-Haired Witch", Dir: Noriaki Yuasa, 1968
In terms of atmosphere and tone it could have sprung from the hand of Alfred Hitchcock, with it's moodily lit interiors...
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Ravi Swami
Oct 31, 202110 min read
"Les Bonnes Femmes", Dir : Claude Chabrol, 1960
I knew of Claude Chabrol as a director of the French New Wave but had not watched any of his films upon to this point...
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