Cold Souls: a dull, flat and unsatisfying comedy about materialism and the nature of identity and existence
Sophie Barthes, “Cold Souls” (2009) In the vein of Charlie Kaufman’s “Being John Malkovich” but
Tag: Hollywood Films
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The Last Man on Earth: still retaining the power to shock and horrify with a message of post-apocalyptic despair and existential angst
Ubaldo B Ragona and Sidney Salkow, “The Last Man on Earth” (1964) Over 50 years
Dial M for Murder: entertaining and witty murder mystery shows Hitchcock on a creative roll
Alfred Hitchcock, “Dial M for Murder” (1953) A clever and witty murder mystery with fine
A cheap production and crude narrative make “Batman: the Killing Joke” very unfunny
Sam Lim and Bruce Timm, “Batman: the Killing Joke” (2016) That “Batman: the Killing Joke”
Under Capricorn: a psychological romantic melodrama of intense emotion, suspense and redemption
Alfred Hitchcock, “Under Capricorn” (1949) Set in the early days of the British colony of
New York, New York: a homage to and a subversion of Hollywood / Broadway glamour, fame and artifice
Martin Scorsese, “New York, New York” (1977) One of Martin Scorsese’s most under-rated films, in
Modern Times: sympathy for the underdog and horror at a machine society enforcing conformity and repression
Charlie Chaplin, “Modern Times” (1936) In its own way, “Modern Times” is significant as an
Freaks: a sympathetic work that pleads on behalf of its performers and turns normality on its head
Todd Browning, “Freaks” (1932) A unique cult film of the kind that can be said
Moon: using familiar ideas and concepts to generate thinking about the nature of individuality and identity
Duncan Jones, “Moon” (2009) Like father, like son, no? … decades ago David Bowie sang
Trumbo: a moving dramatisation of a society’s delusions, paranoia and persecutions
Jay Roach, “Trumbo” (2015) This biopic of Hollywood screen-writer Dalton Trumbo’s career from the late