Tag: Drama
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Performance (1970)
Continuing to backtrack through the work of director Nicolas Roeg, and I didn’t realise he co-directed Performance (1970) with its writer Donald Cammell. First, I was surprised to see the typically urbane and upper crust James Fox convincingly play a cockney gangster, a real sadistic rotter who gets into a bit of sticky bother with… Read.
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The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973)
I remember the first time I watched The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973), I taped it off TV after hearing it talked up in a few movie books my Mum owned. I think I was a bit young because I felt underwhelmed – it wasn’t as epic as The Godfather or had amazing stunt work… Read.
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The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972)
The post Easy Rider era of 1970s American cinema was a mythologised time when major studios produced depressing dramas about losers (though mainly white male losers). Fitting right into that sub-genre is The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972), which was director Bob Rafelson reuniting with Jack Nicholson after the success of Five Easy Pieces; I’d… Read.
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Ever since the writer character Vincent D’Onofrio played in The Player went to a screening of Bicycle Thieves (1948; Ladri di biciclette aka The Bicycle Thief), championing it as true cinema, I always felt guilty for never having seen it. After copping a DVD copy, and letting it sit on a shelf for a long… Read.
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