Tag Archives: British cinema

the pink panther saves the world (film: The Pink Panther Strikes Again – Blake Edwards, 1976)

Posted on June 4, 2024 by admin

‘The Pink Panther Strikes Again‘ (1976) is the fifth film in the original series of films directed and written (most of them) by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau. I can forgive the Edwards-Sellers couple anything, … Continue reading →

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the mean streets of London (film: Legend – Brian Helgeland, 2015)

Posted on May 30, 2024 by admin

Brian Helgeland‘s 2015 film ‘Legend‘ is a biopic of the Kray twin brothers, two gangsters who dominated the London underworld from the late 1950s until 1968 when they were both arrested, tried and sentenced to life in prison for separate … Continue reading →

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from Casablanca to Vienna (film: The Third Man – Carol Reed, 1949)

Posted on April 21, 2024 by admin

Were the 1940s the best years in cinema history? The top three films on my personal list were made at the beginning of that decade. One of them is – you guessed it! – ‘Casablanca’. If we can say that … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alida Valli, Anton Karas, British cinema, Carol Reed, Graham Greene, Joseph Cotten, original script, Orson Welles, Robert Krasker, The Third Man, thriller movies, Trevor Howard | Leave a comment

a softer Amy Winehouse (film: Back to Black – Sam Taylor-Johnson, 2024)

Posted on April 16, 2024 by admin

Amy Winehouse is the latest personality in a select and tragic list that includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones. They were all extraordinarily talented musicians. They all led intense lives marked by phenomenal creativity but … Continue reading →

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the original equals the remake (film: The Ladykillers – Alexander Mackendrick, 1955)

Posted on April 6, 2024 by admin

‘The Ladykillers‘ reopens the endless discussion and conclusions about original films and remakes. 20 years ago, the Coen brothers were making an American remake starring Tom Hanks, which I saw then and liked (much more than other subscribers of IMDB, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alec Guinness, Alexander Mackendrick, British cinema, comedy, heist film, movie has remake, movie made in studio, original script, Peter Sellers, The Ladykillers | Leave a comment

Peter Greenaway’s decadent masterpiece (film: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover – Peter Greenaway, 1989)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by admin

“The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover” concludes the series of films made by Peter Greenaway in the 80s and is probably the best of them all. None of the previous films written and directed by the painter-turned-filmmaker … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alan Howard, British cinema, Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Michael Nyman, Peter Greenaway, Richard Bohringer, Sacha Vierny, social comedy | Leave a comment

a baroque mystery (film: The Draughtsman’s Contract – Peter Greenaway, 1982)

Posted on January 18, 2024 by admin

In 1982, when he made ‘The Draughtsman’s Contract‘, Peter Greenaway was 40 years old. You could say it was a debut in a way, as it was his first feature length fiction film. And yet Greenaway was already a mature … Continue reading →

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playing games about death (film: Drowning by numbers – Peter Greenaway, 1988)

Posted on January 11, 2024 by admin

‘Drowning by Numbers‘ (1988) belongs to the most prolific and successful decade of director Peter Greenaway‘s career. It was the penultimate film made in that decade and is apparently one of his most accessible films of that period. It has … Continue reading →

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Goya pays the television fees (film: The Duke – Roger Michell, 2020)

Posted on December 23, 2023 by admin

‘The Duke‘ (2020) is one of those films whose fate was influenced by the pandemic. Filming was finished before the isolation periods and the film managed to premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which that year took place in a … Continue reading →

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theater and bedrooms on screen (film: Mary Queen of Scots – Josie Rourke, 2018)

Posted on November 25, 2023 by admin

‘Mary Queen of Scots‘ (2018) is the latest of the historical films that go back to the roots of the connection between England and Scotland and the conflict between the queens of the two kingdoms in the second half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged based on a book, British cinema, historical drama, historical films, Josie Rourke, Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots, movies inspired by historical events, Saoirse Ronan | Leave a comment