All of my articles about films and the film industry!
2009 saw John Ford creating his first feature film. A retelling of Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 Novel; A Single Man. Adapted for the screen, directed and produced by Ford himself he went about creating a film that captured the themes of grief, despondency and isolation that make up the novel. Like the book; A Single Man … More A Single Man: How Tom Ford goes several steps further!
This week a visit home has seen me watching a lot of Kitchen Sink Dramas. Films studied very briefly over this last year for their approach to social realism. They in many ways appear to be Britain’s very own sixties answer to Parasite. Addressing the class struggles and other difficulties faced by angry young men, … More A Taste of Honey: Repeating the Sins of Our Parents
Terence Davies is frequently referred to as one of Britain’s greatest living directors. Having served as screenwriter and director on all of his projects, Davies has whether creating his own biographical trilogy or adapting great works of literature for the screen. His refusal to compromise and lack of interest in creating traditional three act structure … More The Long Day Closes & Terence Davies’ Best Sequence.
The DCEU In 2016 I was introduced to the DCEU when I saw trailers for Batman V Superman. Nolan had always been my definitive Batman and like many I was sceptical about the talks of Ben Affleck reprising the role in a new cinematic universe. But my mind was quickly changed when I was shown … More Zack Snyder’s Justice League: My Thoughts
Werner Herzog said about the craft of documentary style filmmaking “It’s all movies for me. And besides, when you say documentaries, in my case, in most of these cases, means Feature Film in disguise”. This quote was personified by the ground breaking (first time) director of Citizen Kane in his 1973 Docudrama “F for Fake”. … More How Orson Welles Changed documentary forever in just a five minutes.
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