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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
Sep 11, 20243 min read
"The Organizer", Dir: Mario Monicelli, 1963
it features the actor in a very uncharacteristic role as a scruffy bespectacled academic in a film about 19th century Italian mill workers
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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
Jan 17, 20245 min read
"Drifting Clouds" /"Kauas Pilvet Karkaavat", Dir: Aki Kaurismäki, 1996
MUBI Channel currently have a selection of films by the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki..
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Ravi Swami
Feb 25, 20238 min read
Amarcord, Dir: Federico Fellini, 1973
"Amarcord" roughly translates as "I remember" and the film is a semi-autobiographical recounting of life in an Italian village...
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Ravi Swami
May 23, 20227 min read
"The Conformist", Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970
Bernardo Bertolluci's 1970 film "The Conformist, based on a novel of the same title by Alberto Moravia and available to rent on YouTube..
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Ravi Swami
May 17, 202210 min read
"C'eravamo Tanto Amati", Dir: Ettore Scola, 1974
Having discovered the Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli over my lockdown viewing I was curious to seek out other films she has starred in..
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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
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
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 15, 20226 min read
"The Red Desert", Dir: Michaelangelo Antonioni, 1964
Vitti was able to demonstrate her range as an actress in the preceding trilogy and her role in "The Red Desert" is no exception..
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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 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
Nov 28, 20214 min read
A Bit About Biopics...
Love them or hate them, biopics can vary enormously when they invariably focus on cultural "icons"...
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Ravi Swami
Sep 25, 20214 min read
"La Haine", Dir: Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995
"La Haine" came up as highly recommended on Apple+ as a breakthrough film for its' director, Mathieu Kassovitz, and for the subject matter..
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Ravi Swami
Aug 4, 20216 min read
"Tove", Dir: Zaida Bergroth, 2020
Watching "Tove", a biopic on a formative part of the life of the children's author and creator of the "Moomins", Tove Jansson..
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