For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here 4) Kes (1969), directed by Ken Loach Kes is the first foreign-language movie I’ve written about for this series (waits patiently for laughs). In seriousness, this is a fairly talky movie, done in Yorkshire accents so thick that I honestly wouldn’t… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 4-2
I’m joining in the spirit of the year-in-review post, even though the way I watch movies isn’t really conducive to the kind of list that one usually sees at the end of the year. (Incidentally, if you happen to be a recent music aficionado, friend of the blog Matt will have his year-end list of… Read More 2018 Year-End Review: Fifty Movies
Dir. Ken Loach. Starring Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham The Wind That Shakes the Barley raises an interesting question: how, within a revolutionary movement, do we distinguish from the men of principle and the men who want power? It is certainly not apparent at the outset that Teddy O’Donovan (Delaney) will turn heel. When Teddy… Read More The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Seeing Things Secondhand 