Classic Film Archives: 08/2020

From Steven Spielberg to Akira Kurosawa: 5 directors influenced by John Ford

The director’s director.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Aug 31, 2020

When Martin Scorsese played the role of Vincent van Gogh in the surreal Akira Kurosawa film 'Dreams'

When Martin Scorsese played the role of Vincent van Gogh in the surreal Akira Kurosawa film ‘Dreams’

Watch, here

Aug 28, 2020

Greta Gerwig reduces Quentin Tarantino to tears with emotional speech

This is how Quentin Tarantino builds suspense in his all-time favourite ‘Inglorious Basterds’ scene

Incredible.

Aug 27, 2020

Akira Kurosawa's spectacular hand-painted storyboards

Relative truth and the ‘Rashomon Effect’: 70 years of Akira Kurosawa masterpiece ‘Rashomon’

A classic review.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Aug 25, 2020

Memory and death in Rob Reiner's 1986 classic 'Stand By Me' (1)

Memory and death in Rob Reiner’s 1986 classic ‘Stand By Me’

A coming of age hit.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Aug 22, 2020

Revisiting 'Monsieur René Magritte', a film by Adrian Maben starring Pink Floyd's Roger Waters

Revisiting ‘Monsieur René Magritte’, a film by Adrian Maben starring Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters

See the film, here.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Aug 21, 2020

80 years of Norman McLaren's experimental film 'Dots'

80 years of Norman McLaren’s experimental film ‘Dots’

A true innovator.

Aug 19, 2020

Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick collide in the surreal mashup 'The Red Drum Getaway'

Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick join forces in the surreal mashup ‘The Red Drum Getaway’

See the film, here.

Aug 18, 2020

Stanley Kubrick's 93 favourite films

Exploring ‘Napoleon’, the mysterious film Stanley Kubrick never made

A tale of what could have been.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Aug 16, 2020

Vignettes of Violence: 41 years of Francis Ford Coppola film ‘Apocalypse Now’

A classic review.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Aug 15, 2020

This is how Criterion refreshed two Alfred Hitchcock films

This is how Criterion refreshed two classic Alfred Hitchcock films

See the footage, here.

Aug 14, 2020

From Alfred Hitchcock to Stanley Kubrick: The ultimate guide to the best horror films of all time

Revisiting Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece ‘Psycho’ 60 years later

An all-time classic.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Aug 13, 2020