All sorts of reasons, but chiefly due to my interest in censorship and classification: it was the first English language film to use the word "homosexual" and it was banned in America for a year. It's an exercise in soapbox noir - one of the many 1960s...

Then: http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/A-Team.jpg Now: http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/images/ATEAM_REV_01_10-10-09.jpg I love the new image - just close enough, yet at the same time updated. With the addition of Mr Copley to the cast, my...

I treated a friend to High Plains Drifter last night. She's a big fan of Nick Cave, and "Red Right Hand" has always reminded me of this film. It had occured to me that, as an activist, she would be a bit put out by the rape scene which casually shows...

Welcome back! This semester I'm studying World Cinema and I'll be keeping you updated as I study - partly as revision, partly as rant-space, and partly as an excuse to blog. This week we watched Pather Panchali, and discussed exactly what World Cinema...

Until 9 o'clock last night, David Lynch was my Favourite Director Whose Films I Haven't Actually Seen. He'd inherited the title from Werner Herzog, and Quentin Tarantino before him, and I'm curious to see who comes along next. Because last night, we...