Revisiting The Classics : Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ (1975)
I had just turned sixteen the first time I saw ‘Jaws’ (1975) not knowing the film and work of the director would alter the course of my life. The film […]
Revisiting The Classics : Clint Eastwood’s ‘The Bridges Of Madison County’ (1995)
When Clint Eastwood stepped in to direct the film, there were bowls of protest. Bruce Beresford and Steven Spielberg both toyed with directing the picture, Beresford going so far as […]
Revisiting The Classics : Mike Nichols’s ‘Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf’ (1966)
There are seven great plays of the 20th century that remain as fresh, as powerful and as urgent as the first day they opened on Broadway. They are ‘Death of […]
Revisiting The Classics : Billy Wilder’s ‘Ace In The Hole’ (1951)
Great films that have failed to find an audience have been around since the silent era, so it is no surprise, that in the fifties, the same event took place […]
Revisiting The Classics : Elia Kazan’s ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1951)
When Tennessee Williams wrote ‘The Glass Menagerie’, he drew heavily on his own life, his past and the result was the birth of the neorealistic American theatre. ‘A Streetcar Named […]
Revisiting The Classics : Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Last Temptation Of Christ’ (1988)
The first time I screened this film was the second day of its run at the Carlton Cinemas, an Art house theatre in downtown Toronto. Sherri and I braved the […]
Revisiting The Classics : Martin Scorsese’s ‘Raging Bull’ (1980)
The first time I saw ‘Raging Bull’ (1980), I was with my friend Kevin McDonald who went on to great fame as one of The Kids in the Hall comedy […]
Revisiting The Classics : Martin Scorsese’s ‘Gangs Of New York’
Nominated for ten Academy Awards, ‘Gangs of New York’ was thought to be the film that was finally going to land Martin Scorsese his long-overdue Academy Award for Best Director. […]
Revisiting The Classics : Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’
In 1976, I was aware of Martin Scorsese as a filmmaker having seen Mean Streets (1973) and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), and certainly a fan of the actor […]
Revisiting The Classics: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The King Of Comedy’
Though dismissed by some critics upon release in 1983, through the years Martin Scorsese’s rather chilling, cautionary tale, ‘The King of Comedy’ (1983) has gained in prominence and is now […]
Revisiting The Classics: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979)
“They train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won’t allow them to write fuck on their airplanes, because it is obscene.” […]
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Episode 3
John H Foote continues his journey through time, to tell the story of Cinema. Chaplin — The Silent Years (1914-1931) His very image or photograph is instantly recognizable around the […]
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Episode 2
John H Foote continues his journey through time, to tell us the story of cinema and its stalwarts. LON CHANEY — THE FIRST GREAT SCREEN ACTOR Lon Chaney was born […]
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Episode 1
Starting today, we venture on a voyage of going back to the time, when cinema began its journey. Over the next few weeks, we’ll get up close with the stalwarts of […]
Movies That I Love – Karz (1980)
Reincarnation – A theme that Hindi Films love to explore over and over again. The concept of rebirth or a person being able to remember his earlier life is something […]
Films that I Love – Chhoti Si Baat
Cities have a heterogeneous mixture of people. In cities like Mumbai or Delhi, you’ll often see people from different parts of the country, trying their very best to fit in […]
