Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali is the story of a brother and sister growing up in rural Bengal in the 1950s. This is a lovely film, really evocative of place, with the warmth of family and childhood at its heart. I love how this film depicts childhood. It’s very hard to depict the innocence of childhood while showing…

Stalker

Three men talk shite on a very long walk. A pal at the work said this was one of the best movies she’d ever seen, and this movie has been repeatedly recommended to me, so gave it a whirl. And I know everyone says Tarkovsky’s a genius and this film’s a masterpiece, but honestly, it…

Logan’s Run

Continuing with seeing movies that have been out for a while, I’d also never seen Logan’s Run, so I went to see it as part of the free film Retrospective strand. It was actually quite good. Lots of action in the first half, kinda loses momentum towards the end. Why does no one ever mention…