A film made right in the middle of the Second World War with a friendly, sympathetic German and the symbolic positioning of an out of touch Colonel representing the beginning…
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
“Clive. My English is not very much but my friendship for you is very much.”
Not a bad start to 2021. Powell and Pressburger’s “Colonel Blimp” is an examination of…
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
"It may be the greatest English film ever made, not least because it looks so closely at the incurable condition of being English"
- The New YorkerWhat strikes me…
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A Summer's Tale 1996
Really really love that all three of these girls are just NOT HAVING IT with Gaspard’s bullshit.
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A Foreign Affair 1948
I ploughed through most of the Wilder greats a few years back and I never bothered with the rest, so imagine my surprise when the first one I picked up…
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The Northman 2022
The revenge film is quite possibly one of the most overdone stories. It's all too often a tired narrative as it's always the same revenge is empty, revenge is bad,…
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