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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
Nov 27, 20204 min read
"The Hit", Dir: Stephen Frears, 1984
Recommendations always help in making choices and in the case of "The Hit", directed by Stephen Frears in 1984 it came from a friend..
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Ravi Swami
Nov 26, 20203 min read
"Bande à part", dir: Jean-Luc Godard, 1964
On the face of it, "Bande à part" is a typical Godard "exercise in style"...
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Ravi Swami
Nov 22, 20203 min read
"Two Days, One Night", Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014
"2 Days, One Night", directed by the Dardennes brothers is available to view on MUBI channel..
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Ravi Swami
Nov 19, 20202 min read
"I Vitteloni" - Dir: Federico Fellini, 1953
"I Vitelloni" mines similar territory to, and anticipates, Luchino Visconti's 1960 "Rocco and His Brothers"
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Ravi Swami
Nov 16, 20204 min read
"Repulsion", Dir: Roman Polanski, 1965
"Repulsion" is one such film where it's reputation almost overshadows what the film is actually about..
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Ravi Swami
Nov 14, 20204 min read
"Le Sauvage" / "Call Me Savage", Dir: Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1975
Deneuve plays a French woman who makes a bolt for freedom on the verge of marrying a rich Italian playboy
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Ravi Swami
Nov 5, 20203 min read
"Montparnasse 19" - Dir:Jacques Becker, 1958
"Montparnasse 19" is rather romanticized depiction of the life of the painter Amedeo Modigliani
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Ravi Swami
Oct 26, 20203 min read
"Le Trou", Dir:Jacques Becker, 1960
...one of the best jail-breakout films ever...
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Ravi Swami
Oct 23, 20205 min read
"Les Creatures" - Dir: Agnes Varda, 1966
It's described as being a science-fiction film though there are no clues going forward at the outset..
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Ravi Swami
Oct 20, 20204 min read
"81/2", Dir: Federico Fellini, 1963
Federico Fellini's "81/2", (1963) is generally considered to be a high point in the directors' work
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Ravi Swami
Oct 14, 20204 min read
"Jacquot De Nantes", Dir: Agnes Varda, 1991
I think I was a fan of Jacques Demy's work before I even knew who he was
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Ravi Swami
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Cahiers Carry On..."Carry On Up The Khyber", Dir:Gerald Thomas, 1968
essentially sending it up as a fictitious article in the French film criticism magazine "Cahiers Du Cinema"
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Ravi Swami
Oct 12, 20203 min read
"Rocco & His Brothers", Dir:Luchino Visconti, 1960
I'd heard of Luchino Visconti before but had never actually watched any of his films and "Rocco & His Brothers"...
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Ravi Swami
Oct 7, 20202 min read
"Playtime" - Dir:Jacques Tati, 1967
"Playtime" - directed by Jacques Tati and his last film because it went massively over-budget to the tune of 14.5 million francs..
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Ravi Swami
Oct 2, 20203 min read
"Bay of Angels" - Dir:Jacques Demy, 1963
I'll make no bones about the fact that I'm a huge fan of Jacques Demy's films..
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Ravi Swami
Sep 19, 20203 min read
"Alphaville", Dir :Jean Luc Godard, 1965
O.K - I couldn't stay away from Godard and no appraisal of his early work is complete without seeing "Alphaville"..
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Ravi Swami
Sep 17, 20204 min read
Oh Godard..."Pierrot Le Fou", Dir: Jean Luc Godard, 1965
I'd been warned off dipping into Godard by various friends and colleagues...
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Ravi Swami
Aug 28, 20204 min read
"Les Yeux Sans Visage" Dir: Georges Franju, 1960
What leads you to watch certain films can vary from person to person, it might be a genre choice, or following a particular film movement.
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Ravi Swami
Aug 7, 20202 min read
"Elevator to the Gallows", Dir: Louis Malle, 1958
Visually, it could be argued that if Hollywood benefitted from European sensibilities like Expressionism, then in this film it had come home
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Ravi Swami
Aug 4, 20203 min read
"L'Avventura", "La Notte", "L'Eclisse" - Dir : M. Antonioni - 1960/62
What I find interesting more than anything else is the snapshot of Rome and Milan in the 60's..
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