Philip Powers reviews the greatest and most influential films ever produced
THE 400 BLOWS – blow by blow I did my usual written reduction, having been grabbed by its obvious, unaffected, genuinity/genuineness but ungrabbed by its greatness. It’s really interesting, I …
Read MoreTHE 400 BLOWS – blow by blow THE 400 BLOWS analysis I did the same thing I do every time I’m confused by a film’s status. I wrote down everything …
Read MoreAWOL Today I just wandered off into my own blue world. I went outside into a new world where people experienced a life beyond shutters and a beam of light …
Read MoreBresson’s World, Party On Having ventured so far, I’ve had to acknowledge Bresson’s undeniable genius. I can’t let what happened in week one and two happen again. That week I …
Read MoreComparing BFI & TIME’s 100 Greatest Films Today, I did an analysis of the films TIME magazine published in 2011 and those Sight and Sound (BFI: British Film Institute) published …
Read MoreLetting Go of Bresson This project keeps throwing curve balls. I think I’m going to do one thing one day and then out comes another curve ball. Tonight’s was born …
Read MoreRobert Bresson 1951-1966 The intention, twelve days ago, was to watch Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), one of cinema’s most highly regarded films, as well as Pickpocket (1959) and Mouchette (1967), …
Read More‘Diary of a Country Priest’ 1951 Today I watched Robert Bresson’s Diary of a Country Priest (1951), his third feature film. Based on a novel by Georges Bernanos, it’s an …
Read More‘The Trial of Joan of Arc’ 1962 As you do, I got up and watched The Trial of Joan of Arc again today. I felt I’d been tired while watching …
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