Directed by Francois Truffaut Francois Truffaut's The Last Metro feels like it belongs in a sub genre of nostalgic films, alongside Louis Malle's Au Revoir Les Enfants, John Boorman's Hope and Glory and Woody Allen's Radio Days. These are films tied to the moments of history in which the director was a child. Often they orbit charged moments in … Continue reading The Last Metro (1980)
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Amarcord (1973)
Directed by Federico Fellini Amarcord depicts a series of vignettes, spread amongst a Simpsons-like cast of characters in a small town in the Italian countryside. It's a nostalgic comedy, full of slapstick and vulgarity, which occasionally pulls back far enough to remind you that this was all happening within a fascist state. The most memorable sequence … Continue reading Amarcord (1973)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Directed by John Boorman Hope and Glory has the same wartime sentimentality as Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) and Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One (1981). It's a nostalgic look at the details of life, shared amongst a small group of friends or family, during a time of great strife. Though surrounded by a large-scale tragedy or … Continue reading Hope and Glory (1987)
Point Blank (1967)
Directed by John Boorman Lee Marvin works on autopilot, but in a good way, in John Boorman's Point Blank. He scowls and leers his way through a revenge mission, playing the part of the ghost everyone assumes him to be after he was once left for dead. Marvin plays Walker, a man who is a little … Continue reading Point Blank (1967)
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