Category Archives: Film
The Birds, the Ultimate Hitchcock Heroine and the Grandfather Figure
It was sixty years ago, 1963. It was very rare that women enjoyed the prerogative of a sports car in movies. My favourite to this day remains Tippi Hedren in The Birds, driving her Aston Martin convertible on the meandering curves of Bodega Bay, free, liberated, a natural extension of her rapacious, bold nature. It’s a joy watching her control that car, especially that we are served the scene with a grain of Hitchcock humour. Tippi Hedren will always be the ultimate Hitchcock heroine. Read More
November Newsletter: Autumn Sea, The Maltese Falcon, and Budding Imagination
The November newsletter: autumn sea, The Maltese Falcon, and budding imagination Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
Cary Grant’s Suit: Nine Movies That Made Me the Wreck I Am Today has humour in it. Just like a good film (that is not a comedy) has humour in it (like Hitchcock’s). Just like life (amidst hardships, tragedy, rises and falls) has humour in it. Todd McEwen writes from a very personal point of view. Movies are truly woven into his life and it’s absolutely thrilling to read how he meanders through some of the movies that have marked him in one way or another. Read More
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Stéphane Audran, Vermeer and Lagerfeld: The Visual Richness of “Babette’s Feast”
“She was feminine, and she had that Parisian feel that Babette needed to have in this film. Also, in Karl Lagerfeld’s robe, she was… She had to differentiate herself from the others, which she did perfectly with lots of grace and generosity. She is a wonderful actress, in addition to being a great artist.” Stéphane Audran is so much part of Babette’s Feast that she seems part of the mise-en-scéne. This is a film that best conjures up Stéphane’s talent and presence. Read More
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October Newsletter: Raoul Taburin, Wild Strawberries and The Ballad of Mr Jones
In the October newsletter: Raoul Taburin, Wild Strawberries and the Ballad of Mr Jones. Read More
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