Blogs Posts on "British Cinema"

Movies... For Free! The City of the Dead (1960) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 14, 2009"Movies... For Free!", showcasing classic movies that have fallen out of copyright and are available freely from the public domain (with streaming video!)...The City of the Dead a.k.a Horror Hotel, 1960Directed by John MoxeyStarring Venetia Stevenson...

A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 28, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the second of a two-part feature... read the first part here.“I don’t think people care what sort of curtains I have,” stated the British filmmaker. “I don’t thin...

Movies... For Free! The Way Ahead (1944) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 24, 2009"Movies... For Free!", showcasing classic movies that have fallen out of copyright and are available freely from the public domain. This week we continue our Carol Reed theme...The Way Ahead, 1944Directed by Carol ReedStarring David Niven and Stanley...

A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 1) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 21, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the first of a two-part feature...Following in the footsteps of his father Sir Herbert Beerholm Tree, who founded the Royal School of Dramatic Arts, Carol Reed decided to pu...

Movies... For Free! Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 17, 2009"Movies... For Free!", showcasing classic movies that have fallen out of copyright and are available freely from the public domain. This week...Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 1936Directed by George KingStarring Tod Slaughter and Stel...

British Cinema: Le Donk and Scor-Zay-Zee (2009) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 15, 2009Tom Conran with his thoughts on an early screening in Sheffield and Q&A with Shane Meadows, Paddy Considine and Mark Herbert...Le Donk and Scor-Zay-Zee (2009)Directed by Shane MeadowsStarring Paddy Considine, Dean Palinczuk and Olivia ColemanShan...

British Cinema: Dorian Gray (2009) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Sep 26, 2009Dorian Gray, 2009Directed by Oliver ParkerStarring Ben Barnes and Colin FirthSYNOPSIS:Think Peter Pan meets Dr Faustus - oh, and a painting - and a lot of maggots…Another devil and soul barter! Why is this absurd premise attractive and a plot of ma...

British Cinema: Moon (2009) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Sep 25, 2009Moon, 2009Directed by Duncan JonesStarring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey (voice)SYNOPSIS:An isolated lunar astronaut begins to lose his grip on reality in a cerebral sci-fi thriller.Moon is an independent sci-fi film directed by Duncan Jones (the son...

British Cinema: Somers Town (2008) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Sep 24, 2009Somers Town, 2008Directed by Shane MeadowsStarring Thomas Turgoose and Piotr JagielloSYNOPSIS:Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) a homeless boy from the Midlands and Marek (Piotr Jagiello) a Polish immigrant come from completely different worlds. When they forge...

British Cinema: Evil Aliens (2005) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Sep 18, 2009Evil Aliens, 2005Directed by Jake WestStarring Emily Booth, Chris Adamson and Sam ButlerSYNOPSIS:A television crew must try to survive a bloody alien encounter on a remote Welsh island.Jake West’s Evil Aliens begins with a man having a large pointy...