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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
Jul 3, 20216 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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Ravi Swami
Jun 29, 20214 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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Ravi Swami
Jun 25, 20217 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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Ravi Swami
Jun 18, 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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Ravi Swami
Jun 12, 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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Ravi Swami
Jun 4, 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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Ravi Swami
May 29, 20216 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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Ravi Swami
May 29, 20213 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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Ravi Swami
May 24, 20215 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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Ravi Swami
May 23, 20219 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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Ravi Swami
May 19, 20213 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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Ravi Swami
May 13, 20214 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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Ravi Swami
May 11, 20215 min read
"La Bella Di Lodi" / "The Girl From Lodi", Dir: Mario Missiroli, 1963
This time Sandrelli is cast as "Roberta", a young go-getter from a wealthy family with interests in agriculture and real estate...
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Ravi Swami
May 4, 20216 min read
"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension", Dir: W.D Richter, 1984
"Buckaroo Banzai" is definitely very odd - the titular character played by Peter Weller is of mixed American Japanese heritage..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 30, 20217 min read
"Cairo Station", Dir: Youssef Chahine, 1958
Youssef Chahine's "Cairo Station" could be described as a film noir since it involves a murder..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 23, 20214 min read
"Branded To Kill", Dir: Seijun Suzuki, 1967
Japanese director Seijun Suzuki's 1967 "Yakuza" film, "Branded to Kill" reunites him with the iconic surgically enhanced Joe Shishido..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 12, 20214 min read
"Porco Rosso", Dir: Hayao Miyazaki, 1992
Although I've been aware of Hayao Miyazaki's 1992 film "Porco Rosso" (Trans: "The Crimson Pig") since the early 90's..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 12, 20213 min read
"Gushing Prayer-A 15 Year Old Prostitute", Dir Masao Adachi, 1971
I had doubts about posting a review of a film that is, on the face of it, a piece of soft-core pornography in the Japanese "Pink Film" genre
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Ravi Swami
Apr 12, 20213 min read
A Duo of Rohmer Shorts, 1962, 1964
Currently curated on Criterion Channel is a series of early formative Éric Rohmer shorts and I find myself irresistibly drawn to his films..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 11, 20213 min read
A Pair Of Shorts - Martin Scorcese & Chantal Akerman, 1974 , 1968
Tucked away in amongst a series of shorts on the theme of films made in a single location...
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