Continuing the now resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The Third Man at number 1. We’ve reached number 88… Read More »BFI 100: 88 – A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Every few years I find myself answering the Proust Questionnaire to see how my answers change over time. The famed questionnaire itself came from a French parlour game and, though not devised by Marcel Proust, he certainly popularised it with… Read More »The Proust Questionnaire
Continuing the now resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The Third Man at number 1. This time, the 1943… Read More »BFI 100: 89 – Fires Were Started (1943)
Continuing the ill-fated and now resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The Third Man at number 1. This time,… Read More »BFI 100: 90 – Hope and Glory (1987)
The Scottish people, particularly Glaswegians, have a storied history of finding comedy in darker places. From Chic Murray to Billy Connolly, from Frankie Boyle to Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedians can have their cynical, surreal, and hilarious dark sides. Such comedy… Read More »Top 5 Sketches From Limmy’s Show
We continue the ill-fated and now resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The Third Man at number 1. This… Read More »BFI 100: 91 – My Name Is Joe (1998)
We continue the ill-fated and resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The Third Man at number 1. This week,… Read More »BFI 100: 92 – In Which We Serve (1942)
Here, we further the ill-fated and resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The Third Man at number 1. This… Read More »BFI 100: 93 – Caravaggio (1986)
In last month’s mid-month newsletter, I added a video of Randy Bachman geeking out over the introductory chord to the Beatles’ A Hard Days Night. Then, just yesterday, a belated birthday present appeared and I leafed my way through Paul… Read More »Top 5 The Beatles Guitar Moments
Here, after a bit of a break, we further the ill-fated and resurrected journey of watching each of the British Film Institute’s 100 best films of the 20th Century. Starting at 100 and working my way to Orson Welles’ The… Read More »BFI 100: 94 – The Belles of St. Trinians (1954)