2011 Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Ron Pearlman Words: J. Senior It seems surreal to be talking about Drive, now over a decade on from its original release, as it still feels… Continue Reading “Drive”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 10, 10th, 2011, 2021, 2022, 4k, Albert, anniversary, best, Brooks, Bryan, Carey, Christina, cinema, classic, Cliff, Cranston, cult, decade, director, Drive, edition, film, Gosling, Hendricks, Isaac, Martinez, movie, Mulligan, Nicolas, Oscar, Pearlman, Refn, release, restoration, retrospect, retrospective, review, Ron, Ryan, score, Winding, year, years
1988 Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Starring: Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio, Enzo Cannavale, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta, Agnese Nano, Leopoldo Trieste Words – Christian Abbott “The old movie business is just a memory”, a line which summates so much feeling… Continue Reading “Cinema Paradiso”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 1988, 2020, 35mm, 4k, Arrow, cinema, Ennio, feature, film, films, Giuseppe, Homepage, Italian, Morricone, movie, Paradiso, release, restoration, retrospective, review, Tornatore, Toto
1979 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, Bolaji Badejo Words: Nathan Scatcherd Living as we do in the year 2019, it’s difficult to imagine the sheer force Alien must have had… Continue Reading “Alien: 40th Anniversary”
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Posted on January 16, 2019
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Director: Park Chan-wook Starring: Choi Min-sik, Kang Hye-jung, Yoo Ji-tae, Oh Dal-Su, Ji Dae-han Words – Nathan Scatcherd Oldboy has – in the years since its release – become one of the prime examples of ‘extreme’ Asian cinema to really be embraced by Western… Continue Reading “Oldboy”
Category: Cult Corner, In Retrospect, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 2019, 4k, Arrow, Asian, August, Chan, Chan-wook, cinema, classic, cult, extreme, feature, film, Korea, Korean, movie, Oldboy, Park, release, restoration, revenge, review, South, thriller, UK, vengeance, video, Wook