Posted by Leon Nicholson on February 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Godfather: Part II starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
The Contenders
1974 basks in fine movies… as ever, the quest to choose a winner sees many worthy contenders relegated to joint second-place. World cinema is headed by a trio of excellent films: Akira Kurosawa’s Russian epic Dersu Uzala, Robert Bresson’s bloody Arthurian masterpiece Lancelot Du Lac, and Werner Herzog’s... Read More
Filed under Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tagged with (Blazing Saddles, Akira Kurosawa, Al Pacino, Alan J. Pakula, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Art Carney, Billy Wilder, Bob Fosse, Burt Lancaster, Chinatown, Conversation Piece, Dark Star, Death Wish, Dersu Uzala, Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman, Ellen Burstyn, Francis Ford Coppola, Gastone Moschin, Harry And Tonto, John Carpenter, John Cazale, Joseph Sargeant, Lancelot Du Lac, Lee Strasberg, Lenny, Lenny Bruce, Luchino Visconti, Marlon Brando, Mel Brooks, Michael Cimino, Michael Winner, Murder On The Orient Express, Robert Bresson, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, Roman Polanski, The Conversation, The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser, The Front Page, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Great Gatsby (1974), The Parallax View, The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Towering Inferno, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, Tobe Hooper, Werner Herzog, Young Frankenstein
Posted by Leon Nicholson on July 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Continuing the series of Talkin’ Oldies, FMV’s Simon Collings takes a look at Play it Again, Sam directed by Herbert Ross and starring Woody Allen.
Although not quite up there with the likes of Annie Hall (1977) & Manhattan (1979), Play It Again, Sam (1972) is the hidden gem in a series of early films from writer/director Woody Allen. Based on his own Broadway play, Allen stars as a man obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) and the character... Read More
Filed under Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tagged with American Pie, Annie Hall, Bananas, Casablanca, Diane Keaton, Herbert Ross, Jennifer Salt, Jerry Lacy, Manhattan, Play It Again, Sam, Sleeper, Take the Money and Run, Tony Roberts, Woody Allen
