Brief Encounter, A British film of enduring love. https://www.criterion.com/films/345-brief-encounter The BFI’s 70th anniversary reissued classic Brief Encounter. Brief Encounter has been a firm favourite in my household for years, first on TV, then video, now DVD, but has always been seen on the small screen. So when the opportunity came up to see this 1940s classic, up close and personal, I packed my country basket, stepped onto a train and chugged my excited, marital way up to the big smoke – a fitting start I thought. Meeting a friend, a fellow Encounter devotee, at the cinema doors we armed ourselves…
Tag: film noir
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…