Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro in New York in 1975 on the set of ‘Taxi Driver’.
Category Archives: Film
A sci-fi horror short by Ruari Robinson about Dr Zoidberg-looking monsters living among us, inspired by the current state of the modern world. To wit:
After being phased out of his job, a dangerously unstable man’s life spirals out of control when the prescription pills he takes start to have a side effect: they allow him to see the parasitic beings that have long been puppeteering our world from the shadows.
See? You were right all along.
Set Dressing
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The impressive 2017 debut of LA-based Irish director Paul Horan. To wit:
In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.
An arresting one-take short by Australian director Tom Noakes. To wit:
Why is a metalhead singing ‘Old MacDonald’ on the side of a rural highway?
Let’s rubberneck, shall we?
Taken Out
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWxi-9LMkoI
A grainy outtake from an unnamed Korean film.
Wait for it though.
An interesting video essay on the Quent’s deft use of music in the soundtracks of his films by Daniel Netzel of Film Radar.
Islandia
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A masterful aerial homage to the extraordinary natural landscapes of Iceland by Russian filmmaker Vadim Sherbakov.
‘The Railrodder’ (1965) directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, was Buster Keaton’s last silent movie. The comedian, writer, producer and stunt performer died at the age of 70 the following year.
As “the railrodder”, Keaton crosses Canada from east to west on a railway track speeder. True to Keaton’s genre, the film is full of sight gags as our protagonist putt-putts his way to British Columbia. Not a word is spoken throughout, and Keaton is as spry and ingenious at fetching laughs as he was in the old days of the silent slapsticks.
In the documentary ‘Buster Keaton Rides Again’ (above), Keaton – resting in the specially appointed railway coach where he and his wife Eleanor lived during filming – talks (yes, talks) about the movie.
