This is a French version of the poster, with great artwork by the prolific American artist Bob Peak. I must admit, I’ve never seen the Americanised movie version, starring Steve Martin. Pennies From Heaven started life as a BBC series, written by the provocative British playwright Dennis Potter, and was an early lead role that…
The Cotton Club
Here’s a shout-out for Francis Ford Coppola’s OTHER great gangster movie, 1984’s Harlem-set The Cotton Club. Coppola took the job because he needed the money, having bankrupted himself making One From The Heart. Its production was an expensive shambles, spread over 5 years, it lost a ton of money, and one of its financial backers…
The Great Escape
The Great Escape used to be on British TV pretty much EVERY Christmas afternoon. That’s how I remember it. The film is a heavily fictionalised account of a real mass escape from a POW camp. It’s undoubtedly one of the all-time classic war movies. Rarely if ever has such a fantastic cast been assembled, and…
Manhattan
Its not very fashionable to plug Woody Allen these days, for entirely understandable reasons. (Quite apart from most of his recent efforts being awful). But its worth remembering back in the day he did deliver a number of classics, not least 1979’s Manhattan. Its a romantic comedy, but also a love letter to Allen’s beloved…
Arsenic And Old Lace
This was one of the oldest posters I had until I sold it last year: an original 1948 first release Belgian poster for Frank Capra’s classic black comedy Arsenic And Old Lace. This 1944 movie was based on a very successful Broadway play, and features everyone’s favourite leading man, the one and only Cary Grant….
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I have loved movies for as long as I can remember. Growing up, there was something about the experience of going to the cinema that I found magical. Watching movies at home on my parents’ old, small, black and white TV was all well and good, but it couldn’t compete with the immersive experience of sitting…
A Fistful Of Dynamite
A Fistful Of Dynamite tends to be the forgotten Sergio Leone spaghetti western, compared to the Dollars trilogy and Once Upon A Time In The West…which is a pity, as its a lot of fun, with great chemistry between stars James Coburn and Rod Steiger. The movie was made at a time when the ideals…
Badlands
“La Balade Sauvage” is the French title for Terrence Malick’s 1973 classic neo-noir Badlands, and is arguably a more evocative description of the film itself. Badlands was director Malick’s feature debut, and shares a lyrical tone, leisurely pace and strong use of imagery with much of his later works. Much of the movie’s enduring strength…