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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...?
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"Rififi", "Bob Le Flambeur", "Big Deal On Madonna St", Dir: Dassin, Melville, Monicelli, '55,'56,'58
As per usual, I watched these three films - all first-time viewings - out of chronological order...
Ravi Swami
Jul 26, 20216 min read
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"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
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"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
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"Boccaccio 70", Dir: Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, Monicelli, 1962- Part#2
As promised in Part #1 of a review of "Boccaccio 70", and since I felt each film in the portmanteau deserved a separate review..
Ravi Swami
Jul 3, 20216 min read
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"Boccaccio 70", Dir: Fellini, De Sica, Visconti, Monicelli, 1962- Part#1
With a running time of over 3 hours, I would normally have given "Boccaccio 70" a wide berth..
Ravi Swami
Jun 29, 20214 min read
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"Marriage Italian Style" / "Matrimonia All'italiana", Dir: Vittorio De Sica, 1964
I've reviewed Pietro Germi's "Divorce Italian Style" in an earlier post and it makes sense to check out "Marriage Italian Style"..
Ravi Swami
Jun 25, 20217 min read
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"March's Child" / "Nata Di Marzo", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1956
Anyone stumbling on my lockdown cinema blog will be immediately aware of the film posters that feature prominently...
Ravi Swami
Jun 12, 20217 min read
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"The Bachelor"/ "Lo Scapolo", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1955
I came across his 1955 "Commedia All'Italiana" film starring Alberto Sordi, an actor most associated with the genre...
Ravi Swami
May 29, 20213 min read
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"The Magnificent Cuckold", Dir: Antonio Pietrangeli, 1964
It's probably fair to say that I've become a little addicted to "Commedia Al'Italiana" as I discover the vast output of the genre..
Ravi Swami
May 19, 20213 min read
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"Touchez Pas Au Grisbi", Dir: Jacques Becker, 1954
All becomes a little clearer with the English title of "Hands Off The Loot", which is a loose translation...
Ravi Swami
May 13, 20214 min read
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A Duo of Rohmer Shorts, 1962, 1964
Currently curated on Criterion Channel is a series of early formative Éric Rohmer shorts and I find myself irresistibly drawn to his films..
Ravi Swami
Apr 12, 20213 min read
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A Pair Of Shorts - Martin Scorcese & Chantal Akerman, 1974 , 1968
Tucked away in amongst a series of shorts on the theme of films made in a single location...
Ravi Swami
Apr 11, 20213 min read
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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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