My Favorite Movies

A fine piece of British social realism. Rita Tushingham puts in a brilliant performance.

One of my favourites. Has some great comic moments as well as being one of the best known of the "kitchen sink dramas". The story revolves around Billy who does nothing but daydream and let his imagination run wild. Its through his wild imagination that Billy has managed to find himself engaged to not one but 3 girlfriends. It may seem that Billy is uncaring towards his family and 3 girlfriends but it becomes clear that Billy?s wild imagination and habit of lying is his way of escaping the humdrum life of 1960s Northern England. Also a great performance by Julie Christie in her first major film role.

Has to be one of my favourites. Burton's performance is just amazing.

Utterly charming! A modern classic.

Wow! This film is one of the best films I've ever seen. Liv Ullman and Bibi Andersson are fantastic.

Fantastic. My favourite of Truffaut's films and Jeanne Moreau's finest role.

A landmark in Avant-Garde filmmaking. Surreal, creepy, and unnerving, this is a must see for anyone interested in cinema.

A classic kitchen sink drama, though not as well known as similar films of the period.
The Leather Boys tells the story of two people who marry too young, and discoverer they don't really know each other.
As the couple begin to drift apart, Reggie turns to his pal and begins to find out who he really is.
Features great acting from the 3 leads (Campbell, Tushingham and Sutton), and was ahead of it's time due to the fact it features homosexuality.
Overall if you like films from this period this is a must see.

A masterpiece from Powell and Pressburger.
The Technicolour is just beautiful, the colours are just so powerful, especially in the scene with Kathleen Byron putting on the lipstick. The scenery is also beautiful, looking like a painting at times. In fact the whole film was shot in Britian, so the scenery are just enlarged black and white photographs painted over.
Now, onto the acting. Deborah Kerr is brilliant as the Sister Superior who is struggling with her past and is also trying keep together the small order of nuns. A young Jean Simmons is also great in what is an almost mute role. But the person who really steals the show for me is Kathleen Byron as the crazy Sister Ruth. The climax of the film where Sister Ruth finally flips and lets the tension get to her is a worthy performance.
This is a brilliant, beautiful piece of British cinema.

Amazing film. Louise Brooks is just mesmerising, my eyes were fixed on her the whole time. Has a great moody, sexual atmosphere throughout. Overall a must see of the silent era.

Another brilliant film by Bergman. Bergman always leaves my speechless, so I'll just say if you haven't seen this, do.

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

Everything about this is just brilliant, from the brilliant performances and gothic atmosphere to the unexpected twist at the end.

A subtle and atmospheric horror movie. Brilliantly shot, infact it's the combination of the photography and the minimal soundtrack which makes this film all the more creepy

Amazing film by Peter Weir. Incredibly mysterious and surreal. The soundtrack is also wonderful and only adds to the uneasy feeling of the film.

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway play the two leads perfectly. The final scene where they take one last loving look at each other before both being riddled with bullets will stay in my mind for days to come I'm sure.

"Viddy well, little brother. Viddy well."

The best film I've seen in a long time. Glorious cinematography and brilliant soundtrack make this one of Kubrick's greats.

A simple and terribly British tale of true love. Everything about it is perfect, from the two lead performances, to the locations to the brilliant Rachmaninov soundtrack.

The final scene alone is a work of art.

Love it. A classic.

Classic. A stunning film which to this day is still powerful. Malcolm McDowell gives a great performance in what was his first major role. Love the jumps from colour to black and white, even if it was down to budget!

Brilliant film. James Dean in Rebel is the symbol of teenage rebellion. After all these years it's still relevant today. A classic which you just have to see.

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."

A brilliant classic film. The three main leads are great. Some very funy moments in this film as well as being nicely shot with interesting camera angles.

An incredible viewing experience.

All I can say is brilliant.

A brilliant film from Luis Bunuel.

The link between the "Kitchen Sink Dramas" and the "Swinging London" movies.
Anyone interested in the sixties will love this.
The Georgy of the title is an overweight, plain girl played greatly by Lynn Redgrave who somehow becomes torn between her roomates lover and the advances of an older man (James Mason).
This charming and funny film is defiantly worth a look.

Powell and Pressburger do it again. A beautiful film shot in technicolor about a woman forced to chose between her two loves, her husband and the ballet. The 15 minute dance sequence is glorious.

An excellent piece of cinema. It has an almost documentary style which makes you feel as if you are eavesdropping on real people in real situations. This of course is down to the brilliant acting, which is so raw and powerful. Cassavetes style won't be for everyone, but it's worth sitting through the 2 hours plus just for the acting alone.

With every film I watch of his I love Cassavetes more, and this is defiantly the best of his I've seen so far. Gena Rowlands performance is amazing as the housewife and mother struggling with mental illness. But throughout the film it becomes clear that she is not the only one suffering from an illness. Nick, her husband also seems to be suffering, always get angry and occasionally violent. The couple are under the influence of each other, driving one another mad, yet when all is said and done all they can do is get on with life (the last scene especially).

Words cannot describe Psycho. Everyone must watch this film at least once.

A great horror film with a bizarre twist at the end.

" We've gone on holiday by mistake"

Probably the best British comedy ever.

Great film with Gregory Peck on top form as Atticus Finch.

Bergman does comedy!

Lighter in tone compared to most of his other films, but as always brilliant. Witty script and great performances.

Simply a masterpiece.

A simple plot of a man trying to convince a woman that they had an affair the previous year, yet still a complex puzzle which will take more than one viewing to fully undertand.
The black and white cinematography is beautiful. The tracking shots through the corridors of the baroque hotel are also sublime.
A truly unique experience.

A brilliant drama about a Jewish woman in occupied Holland who infiltrates the Nazis. Then story keeps you more than interested throughout, and the acting, especially that of Carice van Houten, is superb.

Probably Bergman's first masterpiece, although I've yet to see any of his earlier works. Very similar to Summer With Monika as they basically have the same subject manner, a summer love affair.

An amazing and heartbreaking film with an outstanding performance by Bjork.

A remarkable film. Even more powerful due to the fact that it's based on a true story.

"How queer everything is today"



Jonathan Miller's 1966 BBC production of 'Alice In Wonderland' has to be one of the most original adaptations of Lewis Carroll's novel (the other worthy contender being Jan Svankmajer's 'Alice').

Miller's Wonderland is a beautiful, haunting, dreamland filled with a Victorian cast. Due to Miller's choice to dress his characters in Victorian attire rather then the usual animal costumes he managed to persuade a wealth of English talent to take part. The cast is one of the most appealing thing's about Miller's Wonderland and we are treated to some amazing performances from the likes of Peter Sellers as the King of Hearts, Peter Cook as the Mad Hatter, Wilfred Bramble as the White Rabbit and also appearances by Michael Redgrave and John Gielgud. Alice herself is played by the wonderful Anne-Marie Mallick. She is certainly not your convential Alice, instead she is rather detached and disinterested and hardly ever seems to look directly at the other characters. The Mad Hatter's tea party is a glorious example, Alice is not amused by Peter Cook's riddles which don't make sense and sits there simply bored by it all whilst the camera shows us drowsy close-ups with the brilliant Ravi Shankar soundtrack playing in the background.



Miller's Wonderland is a dreamlike, grown up and very 60s feeling adaption of the the classic story and gets my vote for being the best version out there.

A classic of the British New Wave genre. A truly great film not to be missed.

Powerful performances by both Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts.

James Dean, what more can I say?