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8 Great Scores from Henry Mancini
There has ever been anyone quite like Mr. Mancini. I believe that there is no other film composer, past or present, that shares the elusive quality of his music. His scores are, at times, lusciously...
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Mamma Roma
The story of Mamma Roma begins in the rural landscape of Guidonia, far from the crude urbanity that has since become the city of Rome. The eponymous ‘Mamma Roma’ is known simply by this title...
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The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes tells two tales; that of a rising dancer who falls in love with a young composer, and another of the man who discovered her: a ballet impresario, obsessed with his art and willing to do...
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The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives may well be one of the greatest war films of all time. Perhaps surprisingly, the movie presents us with not a single fighting sequence; we do not even, in fact, get a...
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Why I Love Cinema
I love cinema. I always have, and I believe I always will. At a very young age, I fell under the spell of a rather particular brand of cinema: the movie musical. My heart would pound furiously when the...
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Exploring the Symbolism of Papillon
A pair felons strike a pact on their way to a penal colony on the very aptly named Devil’s Island. The eponymous Henri “Papillon” Charrière is hired to protect the wealthy Mr. Dega from the other...
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Ninotchka
1939: the year that gave us Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Mr Smith Goes to Washington, among a great many others. Oft forgotten and perpetually standing rather neglected in the corner though...
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That Forsyte Woman
That Forsyte Woman is neither good nor bad, and in many ways it is terribly typical of its time. Were it not for the fact that the film is rarely shown today, I’d imagine we would hear people...
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A Passage to India
From the very first frame – the opening credits in fact – A Passage to India commands our complete attention. The names in classic lettering are superimposed on Indian art of a predominately a golden...
View ArticleYojimbo (用心棒)
One of the best aspects of the study of cinema is watching the story of a magnificent art form unfold, and observing a kind of great conversation blossom between filmmakers across the world. In many...
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There has ever been anyone quite like Mr. Mancini. I believe that there is no other film composer, past or present, that shares the elusive quality of his music. His scores are, at times, lusciously...
View ArticleShane (1953) – Exploring a Hero
A man rides into a quiet little valley, possessing nothing but a six-shooter and a mysterious past. His name, we are told, is Shane.... The post Shane (1953) – Exploring a Hero appeared first on Sunset...
View ArticleShadowlands (1993)
After a few years of correspondence, two people make arrangements for tea at a little café in Oxford. The trouble is, they’ve never met... The post Shadowlands (1993) appeared first on Sunset Boulevard.
View ArticleThe Great Gatsby (1974)
What makes Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby a classic novel is its utterly gorgeous prose. It is also this quality which arguably makes Gatsby the epitome of the... The post The Great Gatsby (1974)...
View ArticleThe Graduate (1967)
Has there ever been a film more often quoted, parodied and referenced than The Graduate? Moments like the seduction by Mrs Robinson, or Ben... The post The Graduate (1967) appeared first on Sunset...
View ArticleThe Browning Version (1951)
The Browning Version follows the final days of term for a classics schoolmaster. Due to his ill health, Andrew Crocker-Harris is forced into an... The post The Browning Version (1951) appeared first on...
View ArticleTokyo Story
An elderly couple, Shukichi and his wife Tomi Hirayama, decide to visit their grown-up children. They make the long journey from their sleepy little... The post Tokyo Story appeared first on Sunset...
View ArticleThe White Countess
Shanghai, 1936. Following a series of personal and professional struggles, former American diplomat Todd Jackson renounces his old, respectable life. With Japanese aggression looming... The post The...
View ArticleThelma & Louise
Thelma and Louise are two girlfriends — respectively a docile housewife and a tough ol’ waitress — who decide to take some time off from their... The post Thelma & Louise appeared first on Sunset...
View ArticleA Woman of Affairs
Ah, the captivatingly immoral woman — a favourite trope of 1920s art. Despite that title which betrays a hint of the sensational however, one often... The post A Woman of Affairs appeared first on...
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