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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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Ravi Swami
Jul 26, 20216 min read
"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...
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Ravi Swami
Jul 14, 20212 min read
"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.
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Ravi Swami
Jul 13, 20214 min read
"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..
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Ravi Swami
Jul 3, 20216 min read
"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..
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Ravi Swami
Jun 29, 20214 min read
"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..
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Ravi Swami
Jun 25, 20217 min read
"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"..
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Ravi Swami
Jun 12, 20217 min read
"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...
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Ravi Swami
May 29, 20213 min read
"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...
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Ravi Swami
May 19, 20213 min read
"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..
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Ravi Swami
May 13, 20214 min read
"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...
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Ravi Swami
Apr 12, 20213 min read
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..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 11, 20213 min read
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...
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Ravi Swami
Apr 1, 20212 min read
"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"..
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Ravi Swami
Mar 31, 20215 min read
"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...
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Ravi Swami
Mar 25, 20214 min read
"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..
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Ravi Swami
Mar 16, 20213 min read
"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...
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Ravi Swami
Mar 13, 20215 min read
"Alfredo Alfredo", Dir: Pietro Germi, 1972
I was expecting a comic romp along the lines of "Seduced and Abandoned"..
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Ravi Swami
Mar 7, 20214 min read
"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"..
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Ravi Swami
Mar 2, 20212 min read
"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..
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Ravi Swami
Feb 23, 20213 min read
"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..
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