Omar Ahmed
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THE FURNACE (Dir. Roderick MacKay, 2020, Australia) – Outsiders
* * * This shimmering jewel of a postcolonial Australian Western set in the outback in 1897 is one to savour. Written and directed by newcomer Roderick MacKay, The Furnace unearths a repressed history untold, the story of ‘Ghan’ cameleers – Sikh and Muslim men from Afghanistan, Persia and India who migrated to Australia to Continue reading
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VOICI LE TEMPS DES ASSASSINS (Dir. Julien Duvivier, 1956, France) – Deadlier than the Male
* * * Danièle Delorme’s Catherine is a devilishly twisted take on the femme fatale but this isn’t strictly a noir in the traditional sense of the genre; more of a revenge thriller gone awry with Jean Gabin’s Andre as the target for their scorn. Julien Duvivier’s 1956 film Voici Le Temps Des Assassins (This Continue reading
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AIR FORCE ONE (Dir. Wolfgang Petersen, 1997, US) – Pain
* My kids are at that age where I’m persuaded to watch things against my own will. It can be pretty painful at times as I discovered when I decided to embark upon a viewing of a 90s action film starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. This is one of those mid budget action films Continue reading
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FERRARI (Dir. Michael Mann, 2023, US) – Time & time again
* * * A project on Enzo Ferrari seems so natural for someone like Mann who is pretty much the most stylish filmmaker of the past thirty years or so. His films ooze an unwavering stylish elegance. A trawl back through his films and it becomes evident how well so many of his characters dress, Continue reading
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SORCERER (Dir. William Friedkin, 1977, US)
* * * * William Friedkin’s 1977 remake of Cluzot’s The Wages of Fear is one of the most atmospheric Hollywood films of its era. Arguably Friedkin’s best film after The Exorcist, Sorcerer was for a very long time a footnote in the end of an era – the New Hollywood one, including films like Continue reading
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