Sunday 19 August 2018: Damien Chazelle is Away with the Pixies (2018)
La La Land (2016) A Damien Chazelle Film I have been wanting to see this film again for about eighteen months but I haven’t wanted to watch it by myself, …
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Thursday 16 August 2018: Hotel Trans 3, MI6, Ant-man 2 (2018) A Few Observations by Philip Powers
I went to see a film in a cinema (theatre) for only the third time in five or six weeks. And I spent five days writing about Psycho (1960). Go figure… …
Read MoreThursday 9 August 2018: Vanishing Lady
Thursday 9 August 2018: ‘Vanishing Lady’ 2018 The Lady Vanishes (1938) An Alfred Hitchcock Film For many Thursdays in a row, my father, my wife and I, have watched The Birds, …
Read MoreWednesday 8 August 2018: Daisy Daisy
Wednesday 8 August 2018 ‘Daisy Daisy, Give me your answer do!’ 2018 I’ve wanted to see Daisy Kenyon (1947) for as long as I can remember. Probably close to forty …
Read MoreTuesday 7 August 2018 Writing about Ritual (2013)
Who would have thought I would spend two hours tonight writing about a film that I thought would be dismissed with a couple of lines? Instead I spent time writing …
Read MoreMonday 6 August 2018: A Devilish Psycho-Magic Story
Ritual – Una storia psicomagica [aka. Ritual: A Psychomagic Story] (2013) A Giulia Brazzale and Luca Immesi Film I borrowed this film from Lane Cove library two weeks ago because it …
Read MoreFriday, 3 August 2018: Wild About Reese
My wife recently finished the Memoir by Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. She was keen to see the film again even though it is …
Read MoreThursday, 2 August 2018: The 39 Steps (1935) for the 12th Time
The 39 Steps (1935) An Alfred Hitchcock Film based on the John Buchan novel The 39 Steps (1935) is one of those films that has always been important in the Powers …
Read MoreY2 Day 30: Falsely Accused – The Wrong Man
Y2 Day 30: Falsely Accused – The Wrong Man Monday 30 September 2018 11.50pm The Wrong Man (1956) An Alfred Hitchcock Film I’ve been taken completely by surprise with Hitchcock’s …
Read MoreThursday 26 July 2018: Dial Hitchcock for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954) An Alfred Hitchcock Film Screenplay by Frederick Knott based on his play This was the first of three consecutive Hitchcock films starring Grace Kelly. Gradually, as they …
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