4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 6, 2017

Seijun Suzuki’s Tokyo Drifter is a paramount attraction of 60s camp packaged in a yakuza   B-film. It opens with highly stylized black and white imagery injected with almost psychedelic shades of color that never again leave the film’s palette. Its setting is Tokyo, Japan — but fa   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 3, 2017

Despite being dated and marred by the imprint of imperialism, this initial entry of the well-remembered Tarzan serial of the 1930s and 4os, based on the works of Edgar Rice Boroughs, is a surprisingly gripping pre-code tale of perilous adventure. It feels a bit like a jungle cruise, a big game...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 3, 2017

Despite being dated and marred by the imprint of imperialism, this initial entry of the well-remembered Tarzan serial of the 1930s and 4os, based on the works of Edgar Rice Boroughs, is a surprisingly gripping pre-code tale of perilous adventure. It feels a bit like a jungle cruise, a big game...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 30, 2017

“There live not three good men unhanged in England. And one of them is fat and grows old.” It seems Orson Welles never did anything on a cursory level. There’s always a gravitas — the unique personality of the man displayed in his work whether it is behind the camera...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 30, 2017

“There live not three good men unhanged in England. And one of them is fat and grows old.” It seems Orson Welles never did anything on a cursory level. There’s always a gravitas — the unique personality of the man displayed in his work whether it is behind the camera...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 30, 2017

“There live not three good men unhanged in England. And one of them is fat and grows old.” It seems Orson Welles never did anything on a cursory level. There’s always a gravitas — the unique personality of the man displayed in his work whether it is behind the camera...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 27, 2017

If you know anything about director Max Ophuls you might realize his preoccupation with the cycling of time and storyline, even in visual terms. He initiates La Ronde with a lengthy opening shot that, of course, involves stairs (one of his trademarks), and the introduction of our narrative by a man   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 27, 2017

If you know anything about director Max Ophuls you might realize his preoccupation with the cycling of time and storyline, even in visual terms. He initiates La Ronde with a lengthy opening shot that, of course, involves stairs (one of his trademarks), and the introduction of our narrative by a man   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 24, 2017

The original title in Italian is Ladri di biclette and I’ve seen it translated different ways including Bicycle Thieves or The Bicycle Thief. Personally, the latter seems more powerful because it develops the ambiguity of the film right in the title. It’s only until later when all the im   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 24, 2017

The original title in Italian is Ladri di biclette and I’ve seen it translated different ways including Bicycle Thieves or The Bicycle Thief. Personally, the latter seems more powerful because it develops the ambiguity of the film right in the title. It’s only until later when all the im   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 24, 2017

The original title in Italian is Ladri di biclette and I’ve seen it translated different ways namely Bicycle Thieves or The Bicycle Thief. Personally, the latter seems more powerful because it develops the ambiguity of the film right in the title. It’s only until later when all the impli   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 21, 2017

Watching films with French treasure Mr. Hulot (Jacques Tati) is a wonderful experience because, in some respects, it feels like he brings out the child in me. And if history is any indication — I’m not the only one — others feel this sensation too. It’s not sophisticated humo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 21, 2017

Watching films with French treasure Mr. Hulot (Jacques Tati) is a wonderful experience because, in some respects, it feels like he brings out the child in me. And if history is any indication — I’m not the only one — others feel this sensation too. It’s not sophisticated humo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 16, 2017

“You can’t just do anything at all and then say ‘forgive me!’ You haven’t changed a bit.” ~ Colette The prospect of watching Love on the Run saddened me and not for the reasons you might expect. Not because it’s noted as the weakest film in Truffaut’s   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 16, 2017

“You can’t just do anything at all and then say ‘forgive me!’ You haven’t changed a bit.” ~ Colette The prospect of watching Love on the Run saddened me and not for the reasons you might expect. Not because it’s noted as the weakest film in Truffaut’s   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 13, 2017

Why do you watch me? -Magda Because I love you – Tomek Early on it becomes evident that Tomek is a very lonely young man. He lives in Warsaw in a room belonging to the elderly mother of his best friend, who is off deployed by the U.N. There is...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 13, 2017

Why do you watch me? -Magda Because I love you – Tomek Early on it becomes evident that Tomek is a very lonely young man. He lives in Warsaw in a room belonging to the elderly mother of his best friend, who is off deployed by the U.N. There is...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 10, 2017

There is no solitude greater than that of the samurai unless it be that of a tiger in the jungle… perhaps… It would be easy for some to call Le Samourai flat and pedestrian due to its visual style and even the workings of its plot. All very straightforward with cool...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 10, 2017

There is no solitude greater than that of the samurai unless it be that of a tiger in the jungle… perhaps… It would be easy for some to call Le Samourai flat and pedestrian due to its visual style and even the workings of its plot. All very straightforward with cool...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on March 8, 2017

North by Northwest (1959): It’s no surprise that Alfred Hitchcock was offered the chance to direct Dr. No because he had singlehandedly propelled the spy thriller into the public eye through such classic as The 39 Steps, Foreign Correspondent, and Notorious. It’s also no surprise that h   read more