Philip Powers reviews the greatest and most influential films ever produced
La La Land (2016) A Damien Chazelle Film I didn’t remember the name of the writer/director of a brilliant film called, Whiplash (2014), which I gave 4.5 stars (**** on …
Read MoreMission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) #51552 A Christopher Macquarie Film Tom Cruise, Henry Cahill, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin & Angela Bassett Now that we’re up to the sixth film in the …
Read MoreDaisy Kenyon (1947) An Otto Preminger Film Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews A Twentieth Century Fox film, Daisy Kenyon, first released more than seventy years ago, has subject-matter, …
Read MoreRitual – Una storia psicomagica [aka. Ritual: A Psychomagic Story] (2013) A Giulia Brazzale and Luca Immesi Film Spoiler warning: this film deals in a subject matter of magic which …
Read MoreThe Pawnbroker 1964 A Sidney Lumet Film A Few Observations by Philip Powers The Pawnbroker (1964) is an astonishing film! An amazing achievement on all counts: low-budget filmmaking at its …
Read MoreIsle of Dogs 2018 A Wes Anderson Film ‘Discarding Trash. Any Trash’ 2018 A Few Observations by Philip Powers Set in a fictitious Japanese city, Megasaki, all the human characters …
Read MoreThe Bedford Incident (1965) A Few Observations by Philip Powers © 20180408 Please contact: philiprwpowers@gmail.com or pp@1m1.com.au INTRODUCTION This has been a favourite film of mine before I was even …
Read MoreAs is my custom, I didn’t read anything about this film before watching it. I knew it was directed by a man called Jean Vigo. I knew it was European, …
Read MoreJEAN RENOIR’S CAMERA An Observation by Philip Powers Jean Renoir sees film as just one thing: a film. Not in its components. Of course, it has the components, but it …
Read More2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – KUBRICK’S VISION A Few Observations by Philip Powers General Regard – 2012 Academics: #6 Ever – All-Films 2012 Directors: #2 Ever – All-Films 2002 Academics: #6 Ever – All-Films …
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