Fifty Shades of Cinema:1966 – Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo. (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly)

Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at a Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone classic; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The Contenders 1966 throws up strong competition for Film Of The Year. Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev is undoubtedly a front-runner, as is the savage Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and the iconic Alfie. The Academy saw fit to adorn the top honour upon Fred Zinnerman’s historical classic A Man For All Seasons, another... Read More

Talkin’ Oldies: Performance

Continuing the series of Talkin’ Oldies, Simon Collings takes a look at Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s cult British Gangster movie Performance. When anyone discusses the ‘Gangster movie’ certain candidates come to mind: Scarface (1932), The Godfather (1972), and Goodfellas (1990). When anyone discusses films featuring musicians A Hard Day’s Night (1964), This Is Spinal Tap (1984) & 8 Mile (2002) are among the favourites and even when movies... Read More