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...?

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

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

"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

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

"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

"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

"Plein Soleil", Dir: René Clément, 1960

René Clément's 1960 adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel "The Talented Mr Ripley" was recommended by a friend..

Ravi Swami

Dec 14, 20204 min read

"Two or Three Things I Know About Her", Dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966

I approached Jean-Luc Godard's 1966 film "Two or Three Things I Know About Her" with a degree of trepidation..

Ravi Swami

Dec 7, 20204 min read

"CE3K" - Dir: Steven Spielberg, 1977

I'm breaking my self-imposed rule of films viewed over lockdown that I personally haven't seen before..

Ravi Swami

Dec 5, 20203 min read

Three Fellini's, Dir Federico Fellini, 1954-1967

It's possibly a bit unfair to combine 3 films of Federico Fellini, spanning a period of 14 years, into a single post..

Ravi Swami

Dec 2, 20204 min read

"Warning From Space", Dir: Koji Shima, 1956

The plot combines elements of all these films with the added ingredient of fears about the nuclear age...

Ravi Swami

Dec 2, 20204 min read

"Eve" / "Eva", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1962

Once again, my reason for choosing Joseph Losey's adaptation of a James Hadley Chase novel entitled "Eve" was Jeanne Moreau.

Ravi Swami

Nov 28, 20205 min read

"The Hit", Dir: Stephen Frears, 1984

Recommendations always help in making choices and in the case of "The Hit", directed by Stephen Frears in 1984 it came from a friend..

Ravi Swami

Nov 27, 20204 min read

"Bande à part", dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1964

On the face of it, "Bande à part" is a typical Godard "exercise in style"...

Ravi Swami

Nov 26, 20203 min read

"Two Days, One Night", Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014

"2 Days, One Night", directed by the Dardennes brothers is available to view on MUBI channel..

Ravi Swami

Nov 22, 20203 min read

"I Vitteloni" - Dir: Federico Fellini, 1953

"I Vitelloni" mines similar territory to, and anticipates, Luchino Visconti's 1960 "Rocco and His Brothers"

Ravi Swami

Nov 19, 20202 min read

"Lovers & Lollipops", Dir: Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin, 1956

OK, hands up to the fact that some of my choices are a bit "left field" and random but this caught my eye for a number of reasons.

Ravi Swami

Nov 18, 20202 min read

"Repulsion", Dir: Roman Polanski, 1965

"Repulsion" is one such film where it's reputation almost overshadows what the film is actually about..

Ravi Swami

Nov 16, 20204 min read

"Le Sauvage" / "Call Me Savage", Dir: Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1975

Deneuve plays a French woman who makes a bolt for freedom on the verge of marrying a rich Italian playboy

Ravi Swami

Nov 14, 20204 min read

"Lucky Grandma", Dir: Sasie Sealy, 2019

"Lucky Grandma" is a black comedy about a recently widowed Chinese woman living in New York..

Ravi Swami

Nov 14, 20202 min read

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Locked-Down Cinema

Two Sellers and a Rohmer...1951, 1961, 2018

A Duo of Eric Rohmer - 1969 and 1987

"It's Only The End Of The World", Dir: Xavier Dolan, 2016

Rounding off 2020..All the films that I haven't reviewed...

"The Black Test Car", Dir: Yasuzo Masumura, 1962

"Loving Vincent", Dir: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman, 2017

"Plein Soleil", Dir: René Clément, 1960

"Two or Three Things I Know About Her", Dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1966

"CE3K" - Dir: Steven Spielberg, 1977

Three Fellini's, Dir Federico Fellini, 1954-1967

"Warning From Space", Dir: Koji Shima, 1956

"Eve" / "Eva", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1962

"The Hit", Dir: Stephen Frears, 1984

"Bande à part", dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1964

"Two Days, One Night", Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014

"I Vitteloni" - Dir: Federico Fellini, 1953

"Lovers & Lollipops", Dir: Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin, 1956

"Repulsion", Dir: Roman Polanski, 1965

"Le Sauvage" / "Call Me Savage", Dir: Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1975

"Lucky Grandma", Dir: Sasie Sealy, 2019

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