https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/shakespeare_all/1303/preview.jpg John Gielgud spoke of his experience working with James Mason on Julius Caesar (1953). While they were shooting Gielgud was wondering what Mason was up to as he didn't appear to be 'acting' at all. Then when he saw the film he ...

Who's got it? Not necessarily tied to talent but that certain something that separates an actor from the rest of the pack.
I'll start with ...

Guiseppe Rotunno, FELLINI SATYRICON would be my choice for 1969.

1967 Of the 140 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ... Belle de Jour In Cold Blood Bonnie and Clyde War and Peac e (the year both parts had been released) Cool Hand Luke Bedazzled In the Heat of the Night The Graduate Le Samurai The Dirty Dozen To Sir, Wit...

Beyond All Limits (1959) is a Mexican melodrama directed by Roberto Gavaldon and shot by Gabriel Figueroa. But the version that I saw was completely in the English language. Apparently a Spanish language version was shot at the same time. It stars Jack Palance in one of his finest performances with...

I watched two pretty decent Mexican films directed by Luis Alcoriza and both starring Julio Aldama. The first, Tlayucan (1962) is about a desperate peasant who no longer has means to support his family. This was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar. The second, The Shark Hunters (1963) is about a...

Six Shooters (2010) Fernando Spiner, Argentina A South American revenge western with exceptional camerawork and score. The picture editing was so-so but I thought this was well worth a look-see. Yanco (1961) Servando Gonzalez, Mexico A very poetic film about a young peasant boy who longs to play th...

1940 Of the 98 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ... The Grapes of Wrath The Long Voyage Home His Girl Friday The Philadelphia Story The Great Dictator Pinocchio Rebecca Gaslight Foreign Correspondent The Shop Around the Corner The Bank Dick The Westerner...

I always fancied Richard Williams' title sequence and work on Tony Richardson's The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968).

2019 Of the 117 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ... The Irishman Marriage Story The Rifleman Knives Out Les Miserables Bombshell 1917 Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story The Cave Parasite Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Bacurau The Report Two ...

2003 Of the 85 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ... Kill Bill Vol. 1 Lost In Translation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Something's Gotta Give Monsieur Ibrahim Touching the Void The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Mystic River ...

1933 Of the 83 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ... King Kong Eskimo Dinner at Eight Quatorze Julliet The Private Life of Henry VIII Duck Soup Counsellor-At-Law Queen Christina I'm No Angel She Done Him Wrong Lady For a Day The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Th...

LawrenceA wrote: ↑January 26th, 2023, 9:59 pm I envy you youngsters. They didn't have cartoons or anything like that when I was a kid. We just had our jobs in the factories and the mines.

And you tell that to the kids of today and they won't believe you.