Film No. 39. 4th film shown Thurs 1st Feb
Mark Kermode said "Despite several Goya Awards this extraordinary adaptation of Christopher Franks book wasrongly trashed by critics in Britain and America. A spine tinglingly twisted take on Peter Pan, this intense psychological thriller boasts a career best performance by Jeff Goldblum. The climactic Paris morgue scene is heartstopping."
Sunday 25 February 2007
Sunday 11 February 2007
Less Than Zero / Breathless
2nd & 3rd films shown Sat 27th Jan 2007
Film No. 33 Less Than Zero. Nick Love said "An example of an over-rated book being beaten by the film version. When researching my Eighties set film The Business it brought back all the neon lighting, the fashions and the emptiness of the era. It Has this amazing sadness and helplessness to it and at it's heart there's a career defining performance from Robert Downey Jr. It prefigures all that twitty teen stuff on Beverley Hills 90210 and the weedy OC"
Film No. 31 Breathless. Mark Kermode said "Critics howled at the blasphemy of Hollywood remaking Godard's A bout de souffle as a racy erotic thriller, but Jim McBride's joyous crime against cineacademia is a rip roaring rock n roll ride. Terrific location work makes this one of the best LA movies of the eighties, while a finger popping soundtrack jitterbugs between Jerry Lee, Link Wray and The Pretenders. Richard Gere looks great in ridiculous checked trousers, and even better out of them. Memorable scenes include Dick shagging a shower to pieces to the naked strains of Elvis Presley's Suspicious Minds"
Film No. 33 Less Than Zero. Nick Love said "An example of an over-rated book being beaten by the film version. When researching my Eighties set film The Business it brought back all the neon lighting, the fashions and the emptiness of the era. It Has this amazing sadness and helplessness to it and at it's heart there's a career defining performance from Robert Downey Jr. It prefigures all that twitty teen stuff on Beverley Hills 90210 and the weedy OC"
Film No. 31 Breathless. Mark Kermode said "Critics howled at the blasphemy of Hollywood remaking Godard's A bout de souffle as a racy erotic thriller, but Jim McBride's joyous crime against cineacademia is a rip roaring rock n roll ride. Terrific location work makes this one of the best LA movies of the eighties, while a finger popping soundtrack jitterbugs between Jerry Lee, Link Wray and The Pretenders. Richard Gere looks great in ridiculous checked trousers, and even better out of them. Memorable scenes include Dick shagging a shower to pieces to the naked strains of Elvis Presley's Suspicious Minds"
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