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 Atomic Submarine", Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet, 1959

I knew about the film long before (I'm talking several decades) I actually had an opportunity to watch it...

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Mar 19, 20214 min read

"The Green Ray", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1986

As usual I'm not taking much notice of the intended sequence of Éric Rohmer's films in his "Comedies & Proverbs" series...

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Mar 16, 20213 min read

"Alfredo Alfredo", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1972

I was expecting a comic romp along the lines of "Seduced and Abandoned"..

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Mar 13, 20215 min read

"The Testament of Orpheus", Dir: Jean Cocteau, 1960

The last of Cocteau's "Orphic Trilogy" and following on from "Orpheus" which was preceded by two decades with "The Blood of a Poet"..

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Mar 7, 20214 min read

"The Masque of The Red Death", Dir: Roger Corman, 1964

And if that sounds too close to home during the pandemic, any similarities to real events are purely serendipitous..

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Mar 2, 20212 min read

"Orpheus" - Dir: Jean Cocteau, 1950

Based on the Greek myth of Orpheus, the film is a contemporary (to the early 1950's) re-telling of the story of the poet/musician Orpheus..

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Feb 23, 20213 min read

"Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne", Dir: Robert Bresson, 1945

The films of Robert Bresson came highly recommend by a friend..

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Feb 18, 20213 min read

"Horror Express", Dir: Eugenio "Gene" Martin, 1972

Despite not being huge fan of horror films, I do have a soft-spot for the type of often-low budget horror films produced in the late 1970's.

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Feb 15, 20213 min read

"Judex", Dir: Georges Franju, 1963

The film is a remake of an earlier film directed by Louis Feuillade, an early 20th Century filmmaker..

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Feb 13, 20215 min read

"Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain", Dir:Tsui Hark, 1983

"Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain", directed by Tsui Hark has been on my watchlist for some time..

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Feb 10, 20213 min read

"Model Shop", Dir: Jacques Demy, 1969.

As a flashback to earlier in lockdown, I'm re-visiting films that featured as a passing mention in previous blog posts

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Feb 7, 20214 min read

Films about Filming - 3 documentaries, 1974, 1975 and 2014

Mubi Channel, hosted by AppleTV in the UK contains an interesting line-up of documentaries...

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Feb 5, 20214 min read

"Seduced and Abandoned", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1964

I'd been meaning to avoid watching "Seduced and Abandoned", directed by Piero Germi...

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Jan 31, 20212 min read

"Un Maledetto Imbroglio", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1959

...and details the investigation of a murder of a wealthy woman, by her friend the police inspector Ciccio Ingravalo..

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Jan 26, 20213 min read

"Divorce Italian Style"/"Divorzio Al La Italiana", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1961

Super-smooth Italian heartthrob Marcello Mastroianni plays "Ferdinando Cefalù", the son of an impoverished Sicilian nobleman..

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Jan 23, 20214 min read

"I Knew Her Well", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1965

It's been rare so far in my lockdown viewing to say that I've stumbled on a real find..

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Jan 17, 20215 min read

Two more Rohmers...Dir: Eric Rohmer, 1981 & 1983

Two films directed by Eric Rohmer during an especially prolific period of the 1980's fall within his series "Comedies & Proverbs"

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Jan 14, 20213 min read

"Tumbbad", Dir: Anand Gandhi & Rahi Anil Barve, 2018

The plot revolves around a hidden treasure in a deserted and decaying mansion..

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Jan 13, 20214 min read

"The Basilisks", Dir: Lina Wertmüller, 1963

First films are developing into a bit of a trend here, though not intentionally - "The Basilisks" directed by Lina Wertmüller

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Jan 10, 20213 min read

"Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie", Dir: Alex Rodger, 2020

Call anything "The Lost Movie" and I'm instantly reeled in...

Ravi Swami

Jan 8, 20212 min read

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Locked-Down Cinema

"The Atomic Submarine", Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet, 1959

"The Green Ray", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1986

"Alfredo Alfredo", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1972

"The Testament of Orpheus", Dir: Jean Cocteau, 1960

"The Masque of The Red Death", Dir: Roger Corman, 1964

"Orpheus" - Dir: Jean Cocteau, 1950

"Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne", Dir: Robert Bresson, 1945

"Horror Express", Dir: Eugenio "Gene" Martin, 1972

"Judex", Dir: Georges Franju, 1963

"Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain", Dir:Tsui Hark, 1983

"Model Shop", Dir: Jacques Demy, 1969.

Films about Filming - 3 documentaries, 1974, 1975 and 2014

"Seduced and Abandoned", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1964

"Un Maledetto Imbroglio", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1959

"Divorce Italian Style"/"Divorzio Al La Italiana", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1961

"I Knew Her Well", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1965

Two more Rohmers...Dir: Eric Rohmer, 1981 & 1983

"Tumbbad", Dir: Anand Gandhi & Rahi Anil Barve, 2018

"The Basilisks", Dir: Lina Wertmüller, 1963

"Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie", Dir: Alex Rodger, 2020

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