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...?

"Possession", Dir: Andrzej Zulawski, 1981

Definitely not for the faint hearted, "Possession" is an interesting entry in the "body horror" genre...

Ravi Swami

Sep 55 min read

"Jamón Jamón"; Dir:Bigas Luna, 1992

Women are very much front and centre stage in both "The Tit & The Moon" and the earlier "Jamón Jamón" in a manner similar to the subjects of the films of his fellow Spanish director Pedro Almodovar..

Ravi Swami

Aug 254 min read

"Redline", Dir: Takeshi Koike, 2009

From the get-go director Takeshi Koike's "Redline" looks very different from the usual anime in terms of graphic style..

Ravi Swami

Aug 123 min read

"Summertime", Dir: David Lean, 1955

David Lean's 1955 evocative and bitter sweet holiday romance, "Summertime" is included in the July Criterion Channel line-up of films...

Ravi Swami

Jul 146 min read

"Flash Gordon", Dir: Mike Hodges, 1980

I have to admit that despite eagerly anticipating the film, when I eventually saw it I was left with a feeling of disappointment...

Ravi Swami

Jun 85 min read

"Thieves Highway", Dir: Jules Dassin, 1949

"Thieves Highway" is a little gem of a film that centres on communities struggling to make ends meet in the immediate post-WWI period of America..

Ravi Swami

May 194 min read

"Black Mirror" Season #7 - Writer: Charlie Brooker

AI is a clearly a prescient and controversial subject and it's inevitable that a sci-fi series such as "Black Mirror"...

Ravi Swami

Apr 145 min read

"The Electric State" Dir: The Russo Brothers, 2025

There are some films that I have to admit I will watch more out of a sense of duty, in this case because of my interests in robots..

Ravi Swami

Mar 164 min read

"Heavy Metal", Dir: Gerald Potterton, 1981

"Heavy Metal" - the 1981 animated feature film based on the comic / prototype graphic novel "Heavy Metal"..

Ravi Swami

Mar 35 min read

"Annie Hall", Dir: Woody Allen, 1977

..it's very likely that I missed seeing at the time of its release Woody Allen's "Annie Hall"..

Ravi Swami

Feb 253 min read

"The Gorgon", Dir: Terence Fisher, 1964

"The Gorgon" (Dir: Terence Fisher, 1964) was a product of Hammer films, a British film company..

Ravi Swami

Feb 254 min read

"The Gorge", Dir: Scott Derrickson, 2025

The gorge hides a dark secret hinted at by the outgoing operative of Teller's side, who describes it as the gateway to hell...

Ravi Swami

Feb 186 min read

"Billion Dollar Brain", Dir: Ken Russell, 1967

"Billion Dollar Brain" did however mark the end of a 3 film cycle, the middle film being "Funeral in Berlin"..

Ravi Swami

Jan 193 min read

"Don't Bother To Knock", Dir : Roy Ward Baker, 1952

As you might expect Monroe sizzles in the role of Nell, switching between being both alluring and vulnerable...

Ravi Swami

Jan 125 min read

"Krull", Dir : Peter Yates, 1983

The plot enjoys a superficially novel premise that references the fairy tale aspect of the hugely successful "Star Wars" that preceded it..

Ravi Swami

Jan 123 min read

"L'Amour Fou", Dir: Jacques Rivette, 1969

It's been described as a classic of French cinema and Rivette, being a writer for "Cahier's Du Cinema...

Ravi Swami

Dec 17, 20244 min read

"Mississippi Mermaid", Dir: Francois Truffaut, 1969

Skimming through the plot, which concerns Belmondo as a wealthy but still single heir to a tobacco factory on the island of Le Réunion..

Ravi Swami

Dec 4, 20242 min read

A Bunch of Belmondo's..

With free streamers, very often filled with unauthorised content, it's possible to view those films you've heard about but that aren't...

Ravi Swami

Nov 26, 20244 min read

"The Party", Dir: Blake Edwards, 1968

I have to admit that I have avoided watching the 1968 Blake Edwards, Peter Sellers vehicle "The Party"..

Ravi Swami

Oct 14, 20244 min read

Watch out!...It's "The Green Slime" !!, Dir: Kinji Fukasaku, 1968

Oh, "The Green Slime" is a film I've been searching for high and low on various streamers without much success..

Ravi Swami

Sep 23, 20244 min read

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Locked-Down Cinema

"Possession", Dir: Andrzej Zulawski, 1981

"Jamón Jamón"; Dir:Bigas Luna, 1992

"Redline", Dir: Takeshi Koike, 2009

"Summertime", Dir: David Lean, 1955

"Flash Gordon", Dir: Mike Hodges, 1980

"Thieves Highway", Dir: Jules Dassin, 1949

"Black Mirror" Season #7 - Writer: Charlie Brooker

"The Electric State" Dir: The Russo Brothers, 2025

"Heavy Metal", Dir: Gerald Potterton, 1981

"Annie Hall", Dir: Woody Allen, 1977

"The Gorgon", Dir: Terence Fisher, 1964

"The Gorge", Dir: Scott Derrickson, 2025

"Billion Dollar Brain", Dir: Ken Russell, 1967

"Don't Bother To Knock", Dir : Roy Ward Baker, 1952

"Krull", Dir : Peter Yates, 1983

"L'Amour Fou", Dir: Jacques Rivette, 1969

"Mississippi Mermaid", Dir: Francois Truffaut, 1969

A Bunch of Belmondo's..

"The Party", Dir: Blake Edwards, 1968

Watch out!...It's "The Green Slime" !!, Dir: Kinji Fukasaku, 1968

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