4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 27, 2021
If you need only one scene to be indicative of everything Big Deal on Madonna Street exemplifies as a caper comedy, the opening scene puts it out on a platter, ready for consumption. A shrimpy man with a mustache waits on the street corner as a lookout while another named Cosimo (Memmo Carotenuto) read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 14, 2020
“Montmartre is both heaven and…hell.” While Melville would continue to cultivate his own unique canvass and pulp sensibilities, Bob Le Flambeur, as a slightly earlier work, shows its deep abiding debt to the American noir cycle. Because it was at this juncture in time where read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 12, 2020
We usually think of filmmakers like Woody Allen or even Noah Baumbach for their portrayals of New York. There’s no doubt they have left their imprint on the city, so it’s difficult not to envision it without their influences. However, in his own right, Sidney Lumet also deserves to be v read more
UK / 14 minutes / bw / DMC, UK Film Council, Film4 Dir & Scr: John Maclean Pr: Gerardine O’Flynn Cine: Robbie Ryan Cast: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Alex Macqueen Shot in glorious black-and-white—and for a chunk of its running time in just glorious black—this enigmatic UK short won read more
Another Saturday means another Saturday Double Feature! Okay, let’s start with a quick recap of the “rules”, shall we? The basic idea here is to take a movie that is out in theaters now, and pair it up with another movie from the 1980s or before. Sometimes the connection will be ob read more
Do Not Adjust Your Volume: Rififi and the Meditative State of a Heist Scene
6/28/2015
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This post is for the "...And Scene!" Blogathon hosted by Sister Celluloid. Click here to read all the read more
