End of year lists serve a great purpose in creating watch lists for people to discover films they may have missed or never considered. Part of being a film lover is the joy of discovery and these lists are maps that could guide you to your next favourite.
Yes it’s that time of the year again for me to talk about the films that defined 2012 for this reviewer.
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables and David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook led the nominees at the 19th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards with four apiece. Rounding out the nominees for Outstanding Performance By A Cast in A Motion Picture were Argo and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
"one of the greatest sci-fi action films ever made: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" Read more →
There are great films, capital G-F Great Films, and then, there are those films admitted to the VIP table behind the velvet rope, those seriously discussed when the question of the Greatest Film of All Time is raised. KANE. CASABLANCA. VERTIGO. RULES OF THE GAME. 8 ½. Few films from the last four decades are invited to this gathering of cinematic high rollers, but the first admitted is, nigh-unanimously, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, THE GODFATHER. Read more →
Italian horror maestro, Dario Argento, made a string of giallo and supernatural horror masterpieces in the 70’s and early 80’s. While Suspiria (1977) remains his most famous film, commonly touted as one of the scariest films ever made, it is of my opinion that Deep Red (1975), the focus of this Five Star Films feature, is his greatest work. Read more →
Roman Holiday certainly deserves its place in the canon of great classic films, and is an absolute treat to experience. Read more →
Exactly fifty years ago, The Leopard won the Palm D’or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, and this is why. Read more →
As my alarm jolted me awake this morning, five thoughts went through my head in quick succession. One: Have they done studies on how little sleep can a person survive on? Two: Am I the case study?? Three: When I get back to LA, I’m so doing a juice cleanse. Four: Oh god, that sounded really LA. Five: I wonder how early the crepe place opens?
That’s the question for this week’s GWP Roundtable: Which film deserves a sequel?
Waking up from a nap I opened my eyes and discovered… I felt better. Hurrah! No more headache, or shakes, and I smiled as I thought Cannes, you haven’t beaten me yet!
“Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, the screening is about to begin. Please turn off your mobile telephones for the duration of the performance.” That recorded message plays first in French, then English, about
“And too much of your butt? Impossible!” I said [to Matt Damon], because I’m shameless.
