Posted by Leon Nicholson on April 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at an all time classic – Raging Bull starring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
The Contenders
Fifty Shades Of Cinema rolls into the 1980s, where straight away a wealth of cinematic excellence awaits. World cinema is admittedly a little thin on the ground in 1980, although Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha and Francois Truffaut’s The Last Metro are certainly worthy and important titles.... Read More
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on January 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
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