Author: VHS Tracking
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In My Blood It Runs (2019)
After being available to rent online, the documentary, In My Blood It Runs (2019) is being screened at some reopened cinemas across Australia in June. I was able to stream it on Kanopy (through UWA Library membership) but it will also be broadcast on ABC in July then available on iView. Directed by Maya Newell,… Read.
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Kings Of The Road (1976)
I’d long wanted to see Wim Wenders’ Kings of the Road (1976; Im Lauf der Zeit, “in the course of time” is the translated title). All I knew about it was that it was three hours long, filmed in black and white, and shot in Germany (West Germany at the time), and involved cinemas. It… Read.
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Contempt (1963)
Contempt (1963; Le Mepris) was a film that I admired or appreciated rather than loved. I’ve long read about it, seen it discussed by film critics and directors, and it did help to learn this was director Jean-Luc Godard’s only film financially backed by American film producers and that he didn’t like the filming experience.… Read.
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The Long Goodbye (1973)
American cinema in the 1970s had an interest in reviving older genres, and film noir was a great way of expressing society’s disillusionment and paranoia. Casting the hangdog, bemused charm of Elliott Gould as the classic detective character of Philip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye (1973) must have seemed like a joke to fans of… Read.
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Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962)
Only having seen One Sings, The Other Doesn’t, I was excited to explore further the career of director Agnes Varda. Taking advantage of the ‘Voila Varda’ section on the expanded Mubi library, I was finally able to watch her film, Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962; Cléo de 5 à 7), a classic of the… Read.
