Posted by Leon Nicholson on March 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell looking at Apocalypse Now starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall.
The Contenders
The race for Film Of The Year in 1979 sees some great titles vying for the top honour. The final Don Siegel-Clint Eastwood collaboration Escape From Alcatraz is in the mix, as is Jonathan Demme’s Hitchcockian thriller Last Embrace, cult gang actioner The Warriors, and Sally Field’s first Oscar-winning... Read More
Filed under Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tagged with 10, Alien, All That Jazz, Andrei Tarkovsky, Being There, Blake Edwards, Breaking Away, Clint Eastwood, Die Blechtrommel, Die Blechtrommel (aka The Tin Drum), Don Siegel, Escape From Alcatraz, Francis Ford Coppola, Hal Ashby, Hayao Miyazaki, Heart Of Darkness, Jonathan Demme, Joseph Conrad, Kramer vs Kramer, Last Embrace, Mad Max, Manhattan, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Mel Gibson, Monty Python’s Life Of Brian, Norma Rae, Peter Sellers, Quadrophenia, Ridley Scott, Robert Duvall, Roy Scheider, Sally Field, Stalker, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Steve Martin, The Castle of Cagliostro, The China Syndrome, The Jerk, The Muppet Movie, The Tin Drum, The Warriors, Volker Schlöndorff, William Shatner, Woody Allen
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
