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A Filmmaker's Review: "Gaslight" (1944)
“Gaslight” (1944) is a tremendous achievement of 1940s cinema and a brilliant masterpiece of psychological thriller. It is about a man who constantly drives his wife to madness whilst attempting to get the jewels he wanted when he killed his wife’s aunt. A raging murderer, he needs to convince his wife that she’s crazy possibly in order to make her believe the jewels were never there. But with a man who knew her aunt watching the whole thing very carefully, it may seem impossible.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934)
I adore this film. I've seen it once or twice before some maybe ten years' ago but now, I re-watched it for the first time in ages and really - I forgot how enjoyable it was. I've seen the Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day 1956 version a few times but I can honestly say that for me, I do prefer this version. It just feels darker and more raw. It feels like a noir and a thriller. It's a brilliant effort at the film in the early days of Alfred Hitchcock's directing career.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "Strangers on a Train" (1951)
"Strangers on a Train" (1951) is one of my favourite movies ever. It contains some of the most intensely suspenseful scenes I have ever seen and the more I watch it, the more I understand how and why they are used. "Strangers on a Train" (1951) takes the concept that two people, who have no idea who each other are, could carry out murders on the other person's behalf - and between the two men in this picture - it almost works. Let's take a look at a historical background of me and "Strangers on a Train" (1951).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
Alien Covenant May seem Rehashed but Injects Fresh Blood into Franchise
As I was pulled along with the plot of Alien Covenant, I realized I was on very familiar ground. Once again, a lonely spaceship is traversing the universe and just feels at the tragic mercy of the vast expanse . Throw in a duplicitous android, add a swarm of marauding xenomorphs, and the day only awaits saving from a fierce heroine who will inspire a generation of young girls. Another Alien movie, I thought - ho hum. Then the ending arrives. Yes, Katherine Waterston as Daniels does her bit, but this installment’s finale sets the 2017 Ridley Scott film apart. In a word, wow…
By Rich Monetti7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Third Man" (1949)
One of my all-time favourite detective noir films, "The Third Man" (1949) is just the film I wanted to re-watch on NYE. I have watched it many times over the years and I have adored it each and every time because the twist still turns out as a surprise and if you're really watching - you can see all the little hints and clues throughout the film. For example, the one about the cat.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Best Films of the 1920s
When we think of 1920s cinema, we think of a number of things - the first thing we all think is probably of "Nosferatu" (1922), one of the heights of the German Expressionist experience which is also a massive infringement of copyright. Did you know that the court ordered to have all of the copies of "Nosferatu" (1922) burned? Well, I guess it didn't work out the way they planned.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
The Aeronauts - A Movie Review
Let’s take an adventure into the sky today. I bet the view is amazing from a hot air balloon. The Aeronauts is a 2019 film based on a true story about a pilot and a scientist following an experiment as they fly into the skies in a hot air balloon. The fun doesn’t last forever when they end up in an epic fight for survival drifting higher into the frigid sky.
By Marielle Sabbag7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: Museum Secrets S1, E3 - "The Louvre"
When it comes to documentaries on The Louvre, I like to watch the same one over and over again. It's called BBC's "Treasures of the Louvre". But, to change it up, I found this interesting documentary series that basically goes through many different museums and looks at their worst kept secrets and their best kept histories. There's normally five parts to each of these little episodes in which they go through different items in the museum and the strange and weird stories behind them. This sounds pretty good seeing as an episode lasts on average of 45 minutes.
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review What Men Want One of 2019's Worst
Under the old Hollywood studio system of the 1930's through the 1950’s it wasn’t uncommon that some executive would get a clever premise in their head, assign it to a contracted writer to be turned into a screenplay before turning it over to a contracted director to bring it to life with contracted actors, none of whom could care less about what they were making, they were just happy to be in Hollywood making movies.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Geeks
Knives Out - A Movie Review
Better sharpen that knife. Let’s solve this mystery. Knives Out is a 2019 released murder mystery. After the murder of the patriarch, detectives are thirsty for details examining every member of the Thrombey family. It’s not until questioning the nurse when the missing pieces manifest.
By Marielle Sabbag7 years ago in Geeks
It's a Wonderful Life - A Movie Review
If you wish that you’d never been born, Clarence is going to make you regret it. It’s a Wonderful Life was released in 1946. On the night of Christmas Eve, an angel shows distraught George Bailey what the lives of his family and friends would have been like if he were never born. George realizes how much of a positive impact he has made on the world in this nightmarish alternative timeline.
By Marielle Sabbag7 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to the 10 Greatest Films of All Time
There are a few lists that claim to have the greatest films of all time present on them. But on this list I really just want to go through what I think are the greatest films. Now, I will be looking at a list of criteria for what makes the film 'the greatest film' of all time and some of you may find it shocking, some of you may not like my list and some of you may think it's either in the wrong order or that some films just shouldn't be there altogether. If you think this then please don't go and write a blog about it - I think it's very important to have various other views out there. Don't you get tired of reading the list of the same ten films over and over again, it's like one website just copied and pasted it on to their own page. Now, what I think are the best films of all time have to tick all the following boxes:
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Geeks
