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Cries And Whispers (1972)
Ingmar Bergman is a director whose filmography I’ve always chided myself for not knowing more about. For the longest time, I hadn’t seen any of Bergman’s films until I finally watched The Seventh Seal a few years ago, and I was surprised at how funny it was even with its iconic existential imagery (playing chess… Read.
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Convoy (1978)
Convoy (1978) is based on the country western novelty song by C.W. McCall which also soundtracks the movie itself, stretching out and teasing the audience with sections of the tune and only letting rip with its anthemic chorus near the climax. Big rig trucker “Rubber Duck” (Kris Kristofferson) runs afoul of corrupt, racist Sheriff “Dirty… Read.
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Model Shop (1969)
Thanks to the release of Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood, SBS OnDemand have added several films from the late 1960s presented by Quentin Tarantino and film critic Kim Morgan. One that I was keen to see was Model Shop (1969), directed by Jacques Demy (of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg) while he was in America… Read.
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The Devils (1971)
Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971) has been a notorious prospect to me, a film that received considerable controversy on release, was a box office hit in the UK, yet was also banned in a few places and a director’s cut has still not been released by Warner Brothers despite its critical reappraisal over the years.… Read.
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