It’s been nearly 60 years since Francois Truffaut’s notorious statement that there was a certain incompatibility between Britain and cinema. He even went as far as to say that the country itself with its dull weather, stolid routine and understated humour was anticinematic. And this opinion, given by one of the great arbiters of film […]
Author: Mike Bartlett
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10 Great Neglected Movies Made By Legendary Directors
Ever since the politique des auteurs was adopted by British and American critics from the French magazine, Cahiers du Cinema, directors have been established as the main creative figures in film production. They get the credit for a film’s meaning and for its style, irrespective of the many key contributions from the screenwriter, actors, cinematographer […]
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10 Newly Restored Movie Classics You’ve Probably Never Seen
In the year when the Best Film Oscar was given to a foreign-language movie for the first time, this list takes us around the world, to show how cinephiles have been discovering long-lost gems of world cinema throughout the decade. 1. Insiang (Lino Brocka, 1976) Our first stop is the Philippines, where today one […]
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10 Recently Restored Movie Classics Ripe For Rediscovery
All cinema is current. It’s not just modern releases or the films scooping Oscars and BAFTAs that are part of our ongoing cinematic imagination; it’s also those films that we discover from the past. Seen for the first time, they can seem as surprising, challenging, and that dread word, relevant, as anything at the local […]
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10 Great Fantasy Movies That Explore Female Sexuality
Little girls, this seems to say Never stop upon your way Never trust a stranger friend No-one knows how it will end As you’re pretty, so be wise Wolves may lurk in every guise Now as then, ’tis simple truth Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth. So beware. Isn’t that the message of every fairy tale […]
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The 10 Best British Noir Films You Should Watch
Everyone is familiar with film noir, the American genre that flowered during the Second World War, and which produced a series of feverish dramas, equal parts cynical and romantic, where private eyes got lost in the labyrinths of organised crime or an innocent Joe was seduced by a femme fatale. Whatever the story, the narrative […]