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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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"Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne", Dir: Robert Bresson, 1945
The films of Robert Bresson came highly recommend by a friend..
Ravi Swami
Feb 18, 20213 min read
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"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.
Ravi Swami
Feb 15, 20213 min read
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"Judex", Dir: Georges Franju, 1963
The film is a remake of an earlier film directed by Louis Feuillade, an early 20th Century filmmaker..
Ravi Swami
Feb 13, 20215 min read
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"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..
Ravi Swami
Feb 10, 20213 min read
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"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
Ravi Swami
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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Films about Filming - 3 documentaries, 1974, 1975 and 2014
Mubi Channel, hosted by AppleTV in the UK contains an interesting line-up of documentaries...
Ravi Swami
Feb 5, 20214 min read
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"Seduced and Abandoned", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1964
I'd been meaning to avoid watching "Seduced and Abandoned", directed by Piero Germi...
Ravi Swami
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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"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..
Ravi Swami
Jan 26, 20213 min read
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"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..
Ravi Swami
Jan 23, 20214 min read
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"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..
Ravi Swami
Jan 17, 20215 min read
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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"
Ravi Swami
Jan 14, 20213 min read
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"Tumbbad", Dir: Anand Gandhi & Rahi Anil Barve, 2018
The plot revolves around a hidden treasure in a deserted and decaying mansion..
Ravi Swami
Jan 13, 20214 min read
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"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
Ravi Swami
Jan 10, 20213 min read
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"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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Two Sellers and a Rohmer...1951, 1961, 2018
I thought I'd check out some documentaries, which are of equal interest to me compared to fictional narrative films.
Ravi Swami
Jan 8, 20213 min read
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A Duo of Eric Rohmer - 1969 and 1987
Eric Rohmer made films at the tail-end of the French New Wave movement although he had been a frequent contributor to "Cahier Du Cinema"
Ravi Swami
Jan 3, 20217 min read
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"It's Only The End Of The World", Dir: Xavier Dolan, 2016
I was in two minds about writing a review of Xavier Dolan's rather dark 2016 film, "It's Only The End Of The World".
Ravi Swami
Dec 31, 20204 min read
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Rounding off 2020..All the films that I haven't reviewed...
The one thing in common with all the films that I've been watching and reviewing over the course of the 2020 lockdown is that, for the...
Ravi Swami
Dec 24, 20203 min read
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"The Black Test Car", Dir: Yasuzo Masumura, 1962
Japanese cinema of the 60's offers a vast selection of titles and subjects beyond the more familiar works known in the West
Ravi Swami
Dec 22, 20204 min read
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"Loving Vincent", Dir: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman, 2017
Although I work in animation I have to admit to being late to the table with "Loving Vincent", which was released in 2017
Ravi Swami
Dec 16, 20203 min read
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