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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
Dec 17, 20244 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...
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Ravi Swami
Nov 26, 20244 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...
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Ravi Swami
Mar 12, 20247 min read
Belmondo, Belmondo, Belmondo !...3 films.
All three films share the fact that they were either written by or directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, as frequent collaborations..
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Ravi Swami
Jun 1, 20232 min read
"L'Innocent", Dir: Louis Garrel, 2022
"L'Innocent" (Eng: "The Innocent") by a director I'd never heard of, Louis Garrel, and featuring French Moroccan actor, Roschdy Zem..
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Ravi Swami
Jan 20, 20233 min read
"Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles", Dir: Chantal Akerman, 1975
"Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" foreshadows the tone of the film in describing in great detail quotidian banality...
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Ravi Swami
Sep 22, 20223 min read
"An Autumn Tale" / "Conte D'automne", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1998
"Conte D'automne" (Eng: "An Autumn Tale") marks the final part of Rohmer's themed film cycle "Tales of Four Seasons"..
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Ravi Swami
May 8, 20224 min read
"Le Plaisir", Dir: Max Ophüls, 1952
The German director Max Ophüls' 1952 film "Le Plaisir" is a trilogy of short stories adapted from the writing of Guy de Maupassant..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 16, 20225 min read
"Mr Klein", Dir: Joseph Losey, 1976
Continuing a thread of Alain Delon films available in a retrospective collection on Criterion Channel, I watched "Monsieur Klein"..
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Ravi Swami
Apr 16, 20223 min read
"Le Samouraï", Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967
The French New Wave's fascination for the American "Film Noir" genre found expression in a number of films by different directors..
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Ravi Swami
Mar 27, 20223 min read
"A Tale of Springtime", Dir: Éric Rohmer, 1990
Continuing with his series of films arranged into 4 part anthologies according to a theme,
Éric Rohmer's 1990 film "A Tale of Springtime".
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Ravi Swami
Mar 12, 20225 min read
Double Down Delon...1963, 1969
For a long time Alain Delon was a name I associated with the Romanian Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci...
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Ravi Swami
Feb 25, 20224 min read
A Trio of Truffaut, 1957, 1972, 1973
As with many film directors, alongside their most well-known, career-defining films, there are films that I certainly wasn't aware of...
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Ravi Swami
Feb 7, 20225 min read
Surfing the New Wave...Chabrol, Malle and Varda, '58, '63, '65
Surfing The New Wave :
"Le Beau Serge", Claude Chabrol, "The Fire Within", Louis Malle, "Le Bonheur", Agnes Varda.
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Ravi Swami
Jan 31, 20224 min read
A Clutch of Rohmer's...1963-1972
I'm always up for a dose of Eric Rohmer's carefully observed films about the dynamics of relationships that spanned 3 decades..
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Ravi Swami
Jan 15, 20225 min read
"Une Chambre En Ville", Dir: Jacques Demy, 1982
Jacques Demy's 1982 film "Une Chambre En Ville" (Eng: "A Room In The Town") qualifies it to be "Late Demy"...
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Ravi Swami
Jan 3, 20225 min read
"Peau d'âne" / "Donkey Skin", Dir: Jacques Demy, 1970
I discovered that "Donkey Skin" was as much of a commercial success as Demy's earlier films...
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Ravi Swami
Oct 31, 202110 min read
"Les Bonnes Femmes", Dir : Claude Chabrol, 1960
I knew of Claude Chabrol as a director of the French New Wave but had not watched any of his films upon to this point...
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Ravi Swami
Oct 23, 20216 min read
"Subway" Dir: Luc Besson, 1985
The film opens with a furious breakneck car chase through Paris as Fred is being pursued by the gangster's henchmen..
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Ravi Swami
Aug 31, 20215 min read
"Lions Love...& Lies", Dir: Agnes Varda, 1969
Varda used actors who would not normally be cast in Hollywood films and there really is a strong "Withnail & I" comedic vibe...
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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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