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RIDER ON THE RAIN / Le Passager De La Pluie (Dir. René Clément, 1970, France)
* * * In René Clément’s peculiar Rider on the Rain (1970), the film wields an enigmatic allure, driven largely by the magnetic presence of Marlène Jobert. Known for his rugged demeanour, Charles Bronson plays second fiddle here, emerging in a compelling yet understated role during his fascinating European phase. Jobert, however, commands every frame Continue reading
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PRINCE OF THE CITY (Dir. Sidney Lumet, 1981, US)
* * * * Lumet’s NY films, which are so many, expressly the one’s rooted in the elements of crime map something venal about a city that few filmmakers have been able to articulate with such detail and intimacy. Prince of the City is often regarded as Lumet’s masterpiece; a sprawling crime epic about Daniel 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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Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (Dir. Saeed Mirza, India, 1984) – ‘So, who says there is no happiness here?’
A cursory search of the term ‘chawl’ offers a definition of ‘low quality housing’, which can’t be any further from the truth regarding the abject state of housing for the lower and underclass in India. What chawl actually equates to is poor sanitation, overcrowding, cramped living conditions and squalor. Saeed Mirza’s 1984 work Mohan Joshi Continue reading
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THE TWO JAKES (Dir. Jack Nicholson, 1990, US)
The Two Jakes is less a sequel and more of a flamboyant continuation and expansion of the sun kissed noir universe of Los Angeles that Polanski brought to life in Chinatown. Everyone knows a project of this type had no chance of working without the creative involvement of Robert Towne, Jack Nicholson and Robert Evans, Continue reading
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