Fifty Shades of Cinema: 1976 – Taxi Driver

Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at an all time classic – Taxi Driver – starring none other than Robert De Niro. The Contenders Fifty Shades Of Cinema reaches 1976, where the task of picking a no.1 film proves trickier than usual thanks to the sheer quality of the choices. World cinema is well represented with titles like Bernardo Bertolucci’s Novocento (aka 1900), Ingmar Bergman’s Face To Face, Luchino... Read More

Talkin’ Oldies: Silver Streak (1976)

The Talkin’ Oldies Series continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at  Silver Streak starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor worked together on four films, the first and best of which was the 1976 comedy-thriller Silver Streak. An exciting, funny and sharply written cross-country odyssey, Silver Streak is one of those movies that you can watch over and over without tiring of it. Strictly speaking, it isn’t... Read More