Fifty Shades of Cinema: 1973 – The Wicker Man

Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Wicker Man starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee. The Contenders Choosing a no.1 film from the wealth of cinematic quality in 1973 is no easy task. Crime dramas are well represented by the likes of Mean Streets, Serpico, Badlands and The Long Goodbye; westerns by Peckinpah’s superb Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid and Eastwood’s haunting High Plains Drifter; even the... Read More

Talkin’ Oldies: Play It Again, Sam

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