Links
Cleopatra (1934, Cecil B. DeMille)
Review of Marilyn
Review for Sue Glover’s play about Marilyn Monroe and her relationship with Simone Signoret during the making of ‘Let’s Make Love’ which ran at the Lyceum in 2011.
Edinburgh 2015 Film Festival Highlights
Pickpocket (1959, Robert Bresson)
March 2015 – Downhill Racer (1969, Michael Ritchie)
Bit late with my March post but I finally saw Downhill Racer, the excellent feature debut of Michael Ritchie (1938-2001) and he followed it up with two equally impressive movies, the prescient poli…
February 2015 – Hamlet (1948, Laurence Olivier)
This did nothing for me I’m afraid. I’ve tried with Olivier’s Hamlet before and just never been able to get through the film. It’s not Shakespeare’s fault. I’m fine with the Bard, as long as it’s n…
January 2015 – The Sugarland Express (1974, Steven Spielberg)
Made the year before Steven Spielberg invented the blockbuster movie with Jaws, this small-scale drama based on a true story is clearly the most atypical film on his resume. It was this incongruity…
January 2015 – The Sugarland Express (1974, Steven Spielberg)
A Scunner Darkly 