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...?

"Gamera 2- Attack of Legion", Dir: Shusuke Kaneko, 1996

30-odd years on from the original 'Gamera" film that introduced Japanese and later, world, audiences, to the giant jet-propelled amphibian..

Ravi Swami

Nov 12, 20203 min read

"Montparnasse 19" - Dir:Jacques Becker, 1958

"Montparnasse 19" is rather romanticized depiction of the life of the painter Amedeo Modigliani

Ravi Swami

Nov 5, 20203 min read

"Shozo, A Cat & Two Women", Dir: Shiro Toyoda, 1956

Based on a novel, Toyoda's film is, on the face of it, a domestic drama that could almost be dismissed as a soap opera

Ravi Swami

Oct 28, 20203 min read

"Le Trou", Dir:Jacques Becker, 1960

...one of the best jail-breakout films ever...

Ravi Swami

Oct 26, 20203 min read

"Les Creatures" - Dir: Agnes Varda, 1966

It's described as being a science-fiction film though there are no clues going forward at the outset..

Ravi Swami

Oct 23, 20205 min read

"81/2", Dir: Federico Fellini, 1963

Federico Fellini's "81/2", (1963) is generally considered to be a high point in the directors' work

Ravi Swami

Oct 20, 20204 min read

"Jacquot De Nantes", Dir: Agnes Varda, 1991

I think I was a fan of Jacques Demy's work before I even knew who he was

Ravi Swami

Oct 14, 20204 min read

Cahiers Carry On..."Carry On Up The Khyber", Dir:Gerald Thomas, 1968

essentially sending it up as a fictitious article in the French film criticism magazine "Cahiers Du Cinema"

Ravi Swami

Oct 12, 20203 min read

"Rocco & His Brothers", Dir:Luchino Visconti, 1960

I'd heard of Luchino Visconti before but had never actually watched any of his films and "Rocco & His Brothers"...

Ravi Swami

Oct 12, 20203 min read

"War of The Gargantuas", Dir:Ishiro Honda, 1966

The success of Japanese "Kaiju", or giant monsters-on-the-loose films of the 1960's led to the emergence of two giants of the genre, Toho...

Ravi Swami

Oct 11, 20204 min read

"Playtime" - Dir:Jacques Tati, 1967

"Playtime" - directed by Jacques Tati and his last film because it went massively over-budget to the tune of 14.5 million francs..

Ravi Swami

Oct 7, 20202 min read

"Bay of Angels" - Dir:Jacques Demy, 1963

I'll make no bones about the fact that I'm a huge fan of Jacques Demy's films..

Ravi Swami

Oct 2, 20203 min read

Go To Hell Bastards!!...Dir: Seijun Suzuki, 1963

"Go to Hell Bastards!" or to give it its full title "Detective Bureau 2-3, Go To Hell Bastards!"..

Ravi Swami

Oct 2, 20203 min read

"Gamera Super Monster" - Dir: Noriaki Yuasa, 1980

A big, actually giant, monster film about a giant turtle, and a jet-propelled turtle at that, requires a suitably big poster image, right ..

Ravi Swami

Sep 20, 20204 min read

"Alphaville", Dir :Jean Luc Godard, 1965

O.K - I couldn't stay away from Godard and no appraisal of his early work is complete without seeing "Alphaville"..

Ravi Swami

Sep 19, 20203 min read

Oh Godard..."Pierrot Le Fou", Dir: Jean Luc Godard, 1965

I'd been warned off dipping into Godard by various friends and colleagues...

Ravi Swami

Sep 17, 20204 min read

"Les Yeux Sans Visage" Dir: Georges Franju, 1960

What leads you to watch certain films can vary from person to person, it might be a genre choice, or following a particular film movement.

Ravi Swami

Aug 28, 20204 min read

"Inflatable Sex Doll of The Wastelands", Dir: Atsushi Yamatoya, 1967

And if the plot suddenly sounds vaguely familiar, you would be forgiven if the Mike Hodge film "Get Carter", made half a decade later..

Ravi Swami

Aug 21, 20202 min read

You've Been Matango'd !..."Matango", dir: Ishiro Honda, 1963

One of the strong points of the film is that it aims for a more serious approach and honours the atmosphere of dread..

Ravi Swami

Aug 12, 20202 min read

"Elevator to the Gallows", Dir: Louis Malle, 1958

Visually, it could be argued that if Hollywood benefitted from European sensibilities like Expressionism, then in this film it had come home

Ravi Swami

Aug 7, 20202 min read

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Locked-Down Cinema

"Gamera 2- Attack of Legion", Dir: Shusuke Kaneko, 1996

"Montparnasse 19" - Dir:Jacques Becker, 1958

"Shozo, A Cat & Two Women", Dir: Shiro Toyoda, 1956

"Le Trou", Dir:Jacques Becker, 1960

"Les Creatures" - Dir: Agnes Varda, 1966

"81/2", Dir: Federico Fellini, 1963

"Jacquot De Nantes", Dir: Agnes Varda, 1991

Cahiers Carry On..."Carry On Up The Khyber", Dir:Gerald Thomas, 1968

"Rocco & His Brothers", Dir:Luchino Visconti, 1960

"War of The Gargantuas", Dir:Ishiro Honda, 1966

"Playtime" - Dir:Jacques Tati, 1967

"Bay of Angels" - Dir:Jacques Demy, 1963

Go To Hell Bastards!!...Dir: Seijun Suzuki, 1963

"Gamera Super Monster" - Dir: Noriaki Yuasa, 1980

"Alphaville", Dir :Jean Luc Godard, 1965

Oh Godard..."Pierrot Le Fou", Dir: Jean Luc Godard, 1965

"Les Yeux Sans Visage" Dir: Georges Franju, 1960

"Inflatable Sex Doll of The Wastelands", Dir: Atsushi Yamatoya, 1967

You've Been Matango'd !..."Matango", dir: Ishiro Honda, 1963

"Elevator to the Gallows", Dir: Louis Malle, 1958

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