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• Tarkovsky Marathon #1: Solaris (1972) [10/10]

  

  Solaris (1972)Director: Andrei TarkovskyCast: Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Vladislav DvorzhetskyMy Rating: 10/10In Short: A sublime journey through... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Krzysztof and Zbigniew: Great Preisner Scores for Kieslowski Movies

  

  Arguably the greatest collaboration between filmmaker and score composer was Krzysztof Kieslowski and Zbigniew Preisner. The greatest filmmaker of all time... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Melancholia (2011) [9/10]

  

  In recent years, though he has stuck to his well-known style of handheld camera and somewhat shaky cinematography, Lars von Trier has made movies that, despite... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tarkovsky Week: A Journey Down the Isle of Classic Russian Cinema

  

  There have been three truly great Russian filmmakers. The first was Sergei Eisenstein, whose 1925 film The Battleship Potemkin became one of the most influentia... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 10 Things I Learned From Movies I Watched in 2011

  

  2011 was probably the biggest year for me and movies. I saw my first films from directors who are now among my favourites, such as Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 3 Movies I’m Looking Forward To in 2012

  

  There are a plethora of releases for this year that are being anticipated by people following the latest film news. But for me, there are three standout movies... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• December in Movies

  

  This December started out to be quite an eventful month, until Christmas reared its head. Over the holiday season I didn’t watch much but over the course of... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• TOP 50 FAVOURITE DIRECTORS + Important Notice

  

  Hey everyone. I’ve just finished working on one of my biggest posts yet, a list of my fifty favourite filmmakers, which you can read by clicking here, or... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Gus Van Sant’s Death Trilogy

  

  Gus van Sant is known by many as a fairly mainstream director. But in the last ten years, he has shifted his focus noticeably from mainstream movies to indie... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The All-Time Favourites #6: 8 1/2

  

  Welcome to the All-Time Favourites Series. This series examines 25 of the greatest films I’ve ever seen, looking at them in depth with analyses of what makes... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Profile: Billy Wilder

  

  This week’s Profile post is looking at Billy Wilder, one of the truly great American filmmakers, who is behind such classics as Sunset Blvd. and Some Like It... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) [10/10]

  

  The other day I saw a film called Werckmeister Harmonies. It was by a Hungarian director named Bela Tarr who I wrote about a few weeks earlier. So far it is... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Random Question: Tracking Shots

  Today’s Random Question is looking at your favorite tracking shots, expensive crane shots, impressive shots or just long takes in general. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Incendies (2011) [9/10]

  

  Incendies (2011) Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: Lubna Azabal, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Remy Girard My Rating: 9/10 In short: Powerful drama... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Day for Night (1973) [10/10]

  

  Day for Night (1973)Director: François TruffautCast: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François TruffautMy Rating: 10/10In Short: Smart, funny, human drama... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Ten Best Films About Religion

  

  Religion is a difficult subject to tackle in film, since so many people have such wide and differing opinions on it. I am not religious at all, yet some of my... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The All-Time Favourites #5: The Seventh Seal

  

  Welcome to the All-Time Favourites Series. This series examines 25 of the greatest films I’ve ever seen, looking at them in depth with analyses of what makes... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Southern Vision Annual Awards

  

  Every year in December, I’m planning to have the Southern Vision Annual Awards, where I give out imaginary “awards” to various films or film-related things... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Profile: Luis Buñuel

  

  This week’s Profile post is looking at one of the most influential and controversial filmmakers of all time, the sardonic Spaniard Luis Buñuel. Born in Eastern... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Senna (2011) [8/10]

  

  Senna (2011)Director: Asif KapadiaCast: Ayrton Senna, Alain ProstMy Rating: 8/10In Short: Well made but not exceptional documentaryHailed by many as the greates... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES