An amazing Boghart performance (the one that got him noticed) with superb directing by Raoul Walsh.
High Sierra(1941) Starring:Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Alan Curtis Director:Raoul Walsh Certificate:
A gangster called Roy Earle assists in a hotel hold-up in return for being sprung from prison. He then attempts to go straight, but his luck quickly runs out.
Who needs words when the music and images say it all. Breathtaking for it's time.
Man With A Movie Camera
on DVD
(1929) Director:Dziga Vertov Certificate:
Two versions of Dziga Vertov's fascinating montage of life in Moscow are included on this tape. The first is the original silent version, with music by the Alloy Orchestra. The second version includes a commentary by Yuri Tsivian, Russian silent cinema historian. Vertov makes innovative early use ..read more »
Do The Right Thing
on DVD
(1989) Starring:Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Giancarlo Esposito Director:Spike Lee Certificate:
Spike Lee's study of racial tensions takes place on the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. The film charts the increasing tension between a black pizza delivery boy (Spike Lee) and his Italian bosses, the local folk and yuppy newcomers, and builds ..read more »
Manhattan
on DVD
(1979) Starring:Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael O'Donoghue Director:Woody Allen Certificate:
On the heels of Annie Hall, the Oscar-winning romantic comedy that rocketed Woody Allen to the front ranks of American filmmakers, Manhattan continued Allen's romantic obsessions in a slightly darker, more pessimistic vein. Allen stars as Isaac Davis, a TV comedy writer sick of the pap he is forced ..read more »
Annie Hall
on DVD
(1977) Starring:Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Woody Allen Director:Woody Allen Certificate:
Woody Allen directs, co-writes and stars in this Oscar-winning romantic comedy. Neurotic comedian Alvy Singer (Allen) falls for the titular heroine (Diane Keaton), a budding singer, and the two of them attempt to build a solid relationship. They face problems, however, which include their opposing ..read more »
Vanishing Point
on DVD
(1971) Starring:Robert Donner, Cleavon Little, Barry Newman Director:Richard C. Sarafian Certificate:
Richard Sarafian directed this minimalist chase film, starring Barry Newman as ex-marine, ex-race car driver and cop named Kowalski. He drives into Denver to deliver a car and pick up another vehicle to drive to San Francisco. To make the fifteen-hour drive to San Francisco bearable he pops a load ..read more »
Orson Welles - The Trial
on DVD
(1963) Starring:Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Anthony Perkins Director:Orson Welles Certificate:
Orson Welles's adaptation, of Franz Kafka's surreal tale of paranoia in a nameless society, is accompanied by jazz music; and filmed in black and white. This classic film noir, with angled close-ups and characters shrouded in mystery is elegantly played by Antony Perkins.
Frenzy
on DVD
(1972) Starring:Bernard Cribbins, Jon Finch, Billie Whitelaw Director:Alfred Hitchcock Certificate:
Alfred Hitchcock entered the 1970s with his commercial reputation virtually in tatters, a far cry from his stature at the start of the 1960s. Then, he'd been in the middle of the massively successful trio of movies, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds, and was a ubiquitous presence on ..read more »