Stephen (Dirk Bogarde) and Charley (Stanley Baker) are a pair of university lecturers who differ in both personality and fundamental ideology – Stephen is a reserved intellectual who has been married for years and is about to welcome his third child into the world, while Charley is more of a playboy, someone who is willing…
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Jacques Demy was a profoundly fascinating figure when it came to his directorial output. One of the defining figures of the French New Wave, he never quite stood in the same thematic territory as some of his contemporaries, with his work being incredibly unique, and idiosyncratic to the point where no filmmaker has ever managed…
Hue and Cry (1947)
“How I loathe adventurous-minded boys” London in the late 1940s – the Blood and Thunder Boys are a mischievous bunch of teenage boys (and one girl) who spend their days scurrying through the bumbling streets of London, where they narrowly avoid trouble in their various misadventures. They’re bound by their sacred text, the weekly pulp…
Sideways (2004)
Miles (Paul Giamatti) is a middle-aged high school English teacher who is at his wit’s end. He has recently written a novel and is anxiously awaiting to hear a verdict as to whether he will be able to publish it. To get his mind off his daily distractions, Miles recruits his best friend, Jack (Thomas…
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is a quiet seventeen-year-old that finds herself facing the challenge of an unwanted pregnancy, after an undisclosed encounter that may have possibly been related to molestation. A young woman who is determined to demonstrate her independence by not revealing the truth to her dismissive family, who would likely disown her if they…
Venus (2006)
Two actors – Maurice (Peter O’Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) – reside in a small London flat. Their best days are behind them, but they make sure to spend what is left celebrating their longevity and having as much fun as they can while they await the inevitable. This normally takes the form of long…
I Confess (1953)
Looking back in film history can sometimes be a challenging endeavour, especially when focusing on a particular subject or convention that may have been emphasized as being particularly noteworthy when in actuality, it was overblown by someone combination of nostalgia and retrospective respect. This often happens when we’re considering certain filmmakers who are widely seen…
Scattered Clouds (1967)
A fatal car accident leaves a businessman dead, just before he and his wife, Yumiko (Yôko Tsukasa) were set to emigrate to the United States as a result of a recent promotion. The driver of the car, Shiro Mishima (Yûzô Kayama) works for an entertainment company and may have something of an alcohol problem, which…
Good Times (1967)
There are two ways to look at Good Times – the first is a relic of the 1960s, a time-capsule of a decade in which so much social and cultural change came about, made with the intention of simply entertaining audiences with its irreverent sense of humour and upbeat demeanour. The second is as a…
David Holzman’s Diary (1967)
A young man named David Holzman (L.M. Kit Carson) decides that he is going to make a film, he himself occupying the central role. However, instead of constructing a feasible plot and writing a script, he chooses to simply film his own life, believing that documenting his daily activities will be compelling enough, with his…
The Postmodern Pelican 