Gentlemans Butler is partnering with The BFI for the Jean-Pierre Melville, Visions of the Underworld film season. To live an enriched life it is healthy to go into unknown, but with more than a hint of that you will like it. Given that he is greatly admired by Tarantino (among many others), Melville’s movies are mostly immediately recognisable as his: they depict a distinctly ‘Melvillian’ universe in a distinctly ‘Melvillian’ way. Gentlemans Butler certainly concurs with his viewpoint. Part Two (September) “[Le Samouraï] is masterful in its control of acting and visual style”Roger Ebert With the sole exception of L’Armée…
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Taxi Driver returns to the cinema after 40 years in 2017 with a 4K restoration. This was done with guidance from its director Martin Scorsese and cinematographer Michael Chapman, and the reissue of the film is one of the highlights of the BFI Martin Scorsese season, running through January and February. I was lucky enough to see this in the wonderfully sumptuous surroundings of the cinema room at Soho House, so much thanks to them and all at Park Circus. See films at the BFI For those unfamiliar with the film, a youthful Robert DeNiro plays ex-Vietnam vet and insomniac,…