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...?

Ravi Swami

Oct 28, 20203 min read

"Shozo, A Cat & Two Women", Dir: Shiro Toyoda, 1956

Based on a novel, Toyoda's film is, on the face of it, a domestic drama that could almost be dismissed as a soap opera

Ravi Swami

Oct 11, 20204 min read

"War of The Gargantuas", Dir:Ishiro Honda, 1966

The success of Japanese "Kaiju", or giant monsters-on-the-loose films of the 1960's led to the emergence of two giants of the genre, Toho...

Ravi Swami

Oct 2, 20203 min read

Go To Hell Bastards!!...Dir: Seijun Suzuki, 1963

"Go to Hell Bastards!" or to give it its full title "Detective Bureau 2-3, Go To Hell Bastards!"..

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