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...?

A trio of black comedies by Bruno Dumont

I only really stumbled upon Bruno Dumont's 2018 film "CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans" while flicking through the films on offer on Mubi...

Ravi Swami

Nov 22, 20226 min read

"An Autumn Tale" / "Conte D'automne", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1998

"Conte D'automne" (Eng: "An Autumn Tale") marks the final part of Rohmer's themed film cycle "Tales of Four Seasons"..

Ravi Swami

Sep 22, 20223 min read

Trintignant, Alpha to Omega...

Trintignant's penultimate screen appearance was in Michael Haneke's 2012 film "Amour"..

Ravi Swami

Jun 20, 20225 min read

"Mr Klein", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1976

Continuing a thread of Alain Delon films available in a retrospective collection on Criterion Channel, I watched "Monsieur Klein"..

Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20225 min read

"Le Samouraï", Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967

The French New Wave's fascination for the American "Film Noir" genre found expression in a number of films by different directors..

Ravi Swami

Apr 16, 20223 min read

"Spirits of The Dead", Dir: Vadim, Malle and Fellini, 1968

Produced in 1968, "Spirits of The Dead", (alternately entitled "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"...

Ravi Swami

Mar 18, 20224 min read

Double Down Delon...1963, 1969

For a long time Alain Delon was a name I associated with the Romanian Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci...

Ravi Swami

Mar 12, 20225 min read

"Subway" Dir: Luc Besson, 1985

The film opens with a furious breakneck car chase through Paris as Fred is being pursued by the gangster's henchmen..

Ravi Swami

Oct 23, 20216 min read

"La Grande Bouffe", Dir: Marco Ferreri, 1973

I watched Marco Ferrari's 1973 film "La Grande Bouffe" (Eng: "The Blow-Out", though it translates more accurately as "The Big Feast")..

Ravi Swami

Jul 30, 20215 min read

"Visions of Eight", Dir: Various, 1972

"Visions Of Eight" on Criterion Channel, is a film made up of 8 very individual films by noted directors.

Ravi Swami

Jul 14, 20212 min read

"Il Sorpasso", Dir: Dino Risi, 1962

I stumbled on this film by chance and was instantly hooked by the preview featuring two men in an open-topped sports car..

Ravi Swami

Jul 13, 20214 min read

"Continuez Sur Le Khyber", Dir: Gerald Thomas, 1968

J’ai eu le grand plaisir de voir le dernier chef-d’œuvre cinématographique de M.Gerald Thomas, "Carry On Up The Khyber"..

Ravi Swami

Apr 1, 20212 min read

"Il Bidone"- with commentary, Dir:Federico Fellini, 1955

That said, I watched "Il Bidone" - a film that could best be described as the least "Fellini-esque" of his work...

Ravi Swami

Mar 31, 20215 min read

"Stranger From Venus", Dir: Burt Balaban, 1954

"Stranger From Venus" represents my occasional deep dive into "B" movies that can turn up unexpectedly on streamings services..

Ravi Swami

Mar 25, 20214 min read

"Ieri Oggi Domani", Dir: Vittorio De Sica, 1963

Outside of Italy, Sophia Loren tends to be more well-known for a number of blousy, big-budget Hollywood films..

Ravi Swami

Mar 23, 20216 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...

Ravi Swami

Mar 16, 20213 min read

"Alfredo Alfredo", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1972

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

Ravi Swami

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"..

Ravi Swami

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..

Ravi Swami

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..

Ravi Swami

Feb 23, 20213 min read

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Locked-Down Cinema

A trio of black comedies by Bruno Dumont

"An Autumn Tale" / "Conte D'automne", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1998

Trintignant, Alpha to Omega...

"Mr Klein", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1976

"Le Samouraï", Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967

"Spirits of The Dead", Dir: Vadim, Malle and Fellini, 1968

Double Down Delon...1963, 1969

"Subway" Dir: Luc Besson, 1985

"La Grande Bouffe", Dir: Marco Ferreri, 1973

"Visions of Eight", Dir: Various, 1972

"Il Sorpasso", Dir: Dino Risi, 1962

"Continuez Sur Le Khyber", Dir: Gerald Thomas, 1968

"Il Bidone"- with commentary, Dir:Federico Fellini, 1955

"Stranger From Venus", Dir: Burt Balaban, 1954

"Ieri Oggi Domani", Dir: Vittorio De Sica, 1963

"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

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