“Christine” Stuck In Low Gear
Despite the fact two bona fide horror marquee names were behind its creation, a supernatural thriller made during the first half of the 1980s somehow failed to fully capitalise on their...
View Article“Network” Still Mad As Hell
Mark Fraser revisits Network, a film which provides a possible explanation as to how news media evolved into the cultural colossus that it is today...... The post “Network” Still Mad As Hell appeared...
View ArticleTop 10 Foreign Language Films Snubbed By The Oscars
Mark Fraser looks at 10 instances when the Oscars shunned some mighty talent...... The post Top 10 Foreign Language Films Snubbed By The Oscars appeared first on Top 10 Films.
View Article“10 Rillington Place”: An Address To Revisit
A film where both the crime and its punishment are approached with the same degree of restrained respect...... The post “10 Rillington Place”: An Address To Revisit appeared first on Top 10 Films.
View Article“Salo” Offers Little Hope – But No Mercy
One truly intriguing aspect of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1975 swansong is the fact the movie ends on a slightly optimistic note...... The post “Salo” Offers Little Hope – But No Mercy appeared first on Top...
View Article“Jinnah” Proves Less Can Be More
Mark Fraser revisits a biopic in which the predominantly stoic protagonist is humble enough to acknowledge his shortcomings...... The post “Jinnah” Proves Less Can Be More appeared first on Top 10 Films.
View ArticleTop 12 Films Of Cinematographer Robert Richardson
Since the mid-1980s Robert Richardson (born 1955) has established himself as one of the world’s leading cinematographers...... The post Top 12 Films Of Cinematographer Robert Richardson appeared first...
View Article“Sid And Nancy” Inaccurate, But Not Insincere
During the second half of the 1980s a promising English filmmaker in the enfant terrible mould dramatised one of punk music’s most notoriously ill-fated love stories...... The post “Sid And Nancy”...
View Article“The Big Heat” Shows Society On The Boil
It took an Austrian expatriate to unequivocally prove how gritty one could be without having to completely rely on the principles of film noir...... The post “The Big Heat” Shows Society On The Boil...
View Article“Cover Girl” Still In Step Despite Outdated Routine
Although MGM pioneered the Hollywood musical, it was a rival studio which effectively pushed the genre to its next level...... The post “Cover Girl” Still In Step Despite Outdated Routine appeared...
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