Review: ‘Seven Samurai’ Is a World Cinema Classic, Now Newly Remastered
How the newly remastered classic influenced films from “The Magnificent Seven” to “A Bug’s Life.” Source: Review: ‘Seven Samurai’ Is a World Cinema Classic, Now Newly Remastered
13 old Birmingham cinemas shut down or demolished over the years
Birmingham has seen many of its iconic cinemas close their doors or face the wrecking ball over the years.From grand picture palaces to cosy neighbourhood theatres, these venues once brought the magic of the silver screen to countless Brummies. Source: … Continued
“Chinatown” at 50, or Seeing Oil Through Cinema
Chinatown seems to have dropped off of a lot of best-of lists altogether. Well into middle age, the film seems now to have passed its prime. Source: “Chinatown” at 50, or Seeing Oil Through Cinema | Los Angeles Review of … Continued
Chinatown: The real-life California scandal that inspired the iconic Los Angeles thriller
Now 50 years old, Chinatown is one of the all-time great crime films – and that’s partly because of a potent story based on the real history of California’s so-called “water wars”. Source: Chinatown: The real-life California scandal that inspired … Continued
Watch the Earliest-Known Charles Dickens Film: The Death of Poor Joe
A little over a decade ago, a curator at the British Film Institute (BFI) discovered the oldest surviving film featuring a Charles Dickens character, “The Death of Poor Joe.” The silent film, directed by George Albert Smith in 1900, brings … Continued
Gary Stone compares photos of the Odeon in South Chingford
The Odeon Cinema was opened in 1935 in South Chingford.The Cinema, noted for its art deco lines and dominated by a tower was said to be the best example, other than the ‘Odeon’ Leicester Square, of Andrew Mather’s rather brash … Continued