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...?

"The Naked City", Dir: Jules Dassin, 1948

I would put it alongside "Lovers and Lollipops" and "The Thief" as examples of films that use the locations of late 1940's and 1950's N.Y..

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Aug 1, 20213 min read

"La Grande Bouffe", Dir: Marco Ferreri, 1973

I watched Marco Ferrari's 1973 film "La Grande Bouffe" (Eng: "The Blow-Out", though it translates more accurately as "The Big Feast")..

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Jul 30, 20215 min read

"Shin Godzilla", Dir: Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi, 2016

Plot-wise the film follows the same general trajectory as the 1954 film - Godzilla rises from the ocean depths...

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Jul 29, 20214 min read

"Rififi", "Bob Le Flambeur", "Big Deal On Madonna St", Dir: Dassin, Melville, Monicelli, '55,'56,'58

As per usual, I watched these three films - all first-time viewings - out of chronological order...

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Jul 26, 20216 min read

"The 10th Victim", Dir: Elio Petri, 1965

The film opens with shots of modernist buildings in New York as a woman (Ursula Andress in a brown wig) is being pursued...

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Jul 18, 20214 min read

"Visions of Eight", Dir: Various, 1972

"Visions Of Eight" on Criterion Channel, is a film made up of 8 very individual films by noted directors.

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Jul 14, 20212 min read

"Il Sorpasso", Dir: Dino Risi, 1962

I stumbled on this film by chance and was instantly hooked by the preview featuring two men in an open-topped sports car..

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Jul 13, 20214 min read

"Big Trouble In Little China", Dir: John Carpenter, 1986

John Carpenter's 1986 film "Big Trouble In Little China" falls into that latter category of "seen before, I'll watch it again"...

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Jul 5, 20213 min read

"Boccaccio 70", Dir: Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, Monicelli, 1962- Part#2

As promised in Part #1 of a review of "Boccaccio 70", and since I felt each film in the portmanteau deserved a separate review..

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Jul 3, 20216 min read

"Boccaccio 70", Dir: Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, Monicelli, 1962- Part#1

With a running time of over 3 hours, I would normally have given "Boccaccio 70" a wide berth..

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Jun 29, 20214 min read

"Marriage Italian Style" / "Matrimonia All'italiana", Dir: Vittorio De Sica, 1964

I've reviewed Pietro Germi's "Divorce Italian Style" in an earlier post and it makes sense to check out "Marriage Italian Style"..

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Jun 25, 20217 min read

"Godzilla V Megalon", Dir: Jun Fukuda, 1973

Criterion Channel includes a number of Godzilla / Giant Monster - or "Kaiju" - films, along with documentary extras..

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Jun 18, 20217 min read

"March's Child" / "Nata Di Marzo", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1956

Anyone stumbling on my lockdown cinema blog will be immediately aware of the film posters that feature prominently...

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Jun 12, 20217 min read

"Cinema Paradiso", Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988

Giuseppe Tornatore's much lauded and garlanded film about a love affair with cinema, "Cinema Paradiso"..

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Jun 4, 20217 min read

"La Visita" / "The Visit", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1963

"La Visita" stars Sandra Milo as "Pina" - by this point a regular in Pietrangelo's films - with the French actor François Périer as "Adolfo"

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May 29, 20216 min read

"The Bachelor"/ "Lo Scapolo", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1955

I came across his 1955 "Commedia All'Italiana" film starring Alberto Sordi, an actor most associated with the genre...

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May 29, 20213 min read

"The Invisible Man v The Human Fly", Dir: Mitsuo Murayama, 1957

Available to view on Amazon Prime, "The Invisible Man v The Human Fly", directed by Mitsuo Murayama and produced by the Daiei company...

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May 24, 20215 min read

"Les Amants", Dir: Louis Malle, 1958 & "Adua and Her Friends", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1960

There's nothing particularly thematic to connect these two films that I watched recently, one on BFI Player and the other via Amazon Prime..

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May 23, 20219 min read

"The Magnificent Cuckold", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1964

It's probably fair to say that I've become a little addicted to "Commedia Al'Italiana" as I discover the vast output of the genre..

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May 19, 20213 min read

"Touchez Pas Au Grisbi", Dir: Jacques Becker, 1954

All becomes a little clearer with the English title of "Hands Off The Loot", which is a loose translation...

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May 13, 20214 min read

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Locked-Down Cinema

"The Naked City", Dir: Jules Dassin, 1948

"La Grande Bouffe", Dir: Marco Ferreri, 1973

"Shin Godzilla", Dir: Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi, 2016

"Rififi", "Bob Le Flambeur", "Big Deal On Madonna St", Dir: Dassin, Melville, Monicelli, '55,'56,'58

"The 10th Victim", Dir: Elio Petri, 1965

"Visions of Eight", Dir: Various, 1972

"Il Sorpasso", Dir: Dino Risi, 1962

"Big Trouble In Little China", Dir: John Carpenter, 1986

"Boccaccio 70", Dir: Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, Monicelli, 1962- Part#2

"Boccaccio 70", Dir: Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, Monicelli, 1962- Part#1

"Marriage Italian Style" / "Matrimonia All'italiana", Dir: Vittorio De Sica, 1964

"Godzilla V Megalon", Dir: Jun Fukuda, 1973

"March's Child" / "Nata Di Marzo", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1956

"Cinema Paradiso", Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988

"La Visita" / "The Visit", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1963

"The Bachelor"/ "Lo Scapolo", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1955

"The Invisible Man v The Human Fly", Dir: Mitsuo Murayama, 1957

"Les Amants", Dir: Louis Malle, 1958 & "Adua and Her Friends", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1960

"The Magnificent Cuckold", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1964

"Touchez Pas Au Grisbi", Dir: Jacques Becker, 1954

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