There are many ways to judge the success of a film, and I’m not talking box office takings. It’s the enjoyment factor, that shared experience you get whilst watching it,… Continue reading "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)."
When people discuss their favourite horror movies, the same films are often guaranteed to come up – Halloween, The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre… Continue reading "The Silence of the Lambs (1991)."
Hunters is the new series from Amazon Prime and stars Logan Lerman as Jonah Heidelbaum, a Jewish teenager living with his grandmother in 1970s New York. Following his grandmother’s murder,… Continue reading "Hunters (2020)."
Dee Rees’ newest film, The Last Thing He Wanted, just arrived as a Netflix original and the reviews have been savage: “What makes The Last Thing He Wanted ultimately so… Continue reading "The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)."
Despite it’s unique style and ultimately somewhat dour tone, William Friedkin’s The French Connection was a massive critical and commercial success in 1971, and played its part in ushering in… Continue reading "French Connection II (1975)."
Upon re-watching William Friedkin’s seminal 1971 police procedural for the first time in well over a decade, it struck me how truly groundbreaking a film it is. All the usual… Continue reading "The French Connection (1971)."
At almost ninety years of age, most of us would probably be happy just to be alive and in possession of our faculties, but amazingly Clint Eastwood is still out… Continue reading "Richard Jewell (2019)."
It seemed almost inevitable that Martin Scorsese would one day win an Oscar. This is the man who made Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas and many more. He is revered… Continue reading "The Departed (2006)."
On Episode 40 of The Film ’89 Podcast, Steve is joined by his close friend and Film ’89 contributor, Tony Sower to give their in-depth and spoiler-filled analysis of director… Continue reading "The Film ’89 Podcast Episode 40 – The Irishman (2019)."
In Episode 36 of the Film ‘89 Podcast, Richie, Haydn and Skye go all-in on a spoiler-filled review of Warner Bros’ latest adaptation of a DC Comics property, director Todd… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 36 – Joker (2019)."
