1990’s Bird on a Wire – On Chemistry and The Best Action Scene You’ve Never Seen
Roger Ebert, in his review for director John Badham’s Bird on a Wire, said any spectacle therein was an affectation, an unearned reward because we don’t believe the characters. Now with many decades of hindsight, he may have underestimated the chemistry its leads
David Fincher Series - Alien 3 Assembly Cut
As director David Fincher has said, the studio was selling a release date, not a movie.
Gaz’s 10 Best Movies of 2021
Finally it’s time to look back and break down the 10 best movies of 2021. Gaz looks back at cinema from the year that was and picks his favorite films that shouldn’t be missed.
Movies you may have missed: Calm with Horses (2019)
Pulled from the pages of Colin Barrett’s short story collection Young Skins, Calm with Horses is as much about place as it is about people.
Christopher Nolan and his Tenet Problem
If there is one common motif to Christopher Nolan’s films, it is a feeling of forward propulsion. The music, the cinematography, the motion of our lead characters; so much of Nolan’s cinematic language has the motif of forward moving energy.
Titanic and the Art of Financial Risk
If there was ever any doubt to the power of nostalgia, James Cameron’s Titanic practically breathes it onto your face with its icy breath throughout its 194 minutes.
Steve McQueen, August 1969
Steve McQueen should have been murdered by Charles Manson’s followers in August, 1969, but lucky for him he was an adulterous husband.