1941
Drake2020-10-31T00:44:05+00:00best film: Citizen Kane from Orson Wells. It is the year of Welles arrival and Citizen Kane. There are countless shots and sequences that are just so endlessly innovative. It’s a visual showpiece from beginning to
This is Terry Gilliam’s first solo effort as director after co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail in 1975. Based on a poem by Lewis Carroll (talk about a match for Gilliam’s world) Gilliam obviously
The warmest film of Kieslowski’s trilogy and his entire career—both emotionally (the color means fraternity here and that is certainly a match) and visually. It is a brilliant film on its own, but also a
The story of a dysfunctional family – certainly the same voice as 1992’s debut Rebels of the Neon God. It begins with Kang-sheng Lee (I believe in all of Ming-liang Tsai’s films) asked to pretend
One of the great titles in cinema- if Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers were called “Rebels of the Neon God” I think it would have twice the reputation it does now Ming-liang Tsai’s impressive debut. The
Kieslowski’s Three Colours: White is always going to be sandwiched between Blue and Red and probably for that reason it is unfairly overlooked. I’m guilty of this, too- and was flat wrong with my prior
It is a testament to Sorkin’s pen and the actors involved that even if he’s not much of a director, The Trial of the Chicago 7 is absolutely riveting It opens on Lyndon Johnson footage—and
It is the first film in Kieslowski’s Colours trilogy but also makes for a fine companion piece with The Double Life of Véronique which is Kieslowski’s film that precedes it. The story is a little
It is the Monty Python clan’s first narrative feature film and it is absolutely hilarious. Gilliam’s feature debut as well as he co-directed with Terry Jones Makes for a nice pairing with Woody’s comedy Love
So in 1993 and 1994 there was a bit of a war between Tombstone and Wyatt Earp. Costner was once attached the Tombstone film, parted ways after artistic differences and decided to make his own
Lon Chaney, the man of a thousand faces, carries this film playing dual roles – both The Blackbird and The Bishop- his own little version of Jekyll and Hyde A strong opening- a montage of