Filmmaking
Filmmaking and the filmmaking process has been a favourite topic of writers and directors since the early days of this craft. Sometimes reverent, but more often irreverent, of the industry they work in, often resulting in bristling insider humour not found in rank and file productions...
Right: John Turturro stars in the Coen Brothers' brilliant 'Barton Fink'.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
8.5/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Buster Keaton, Erich Von Stroheim, Fred Clark, Gloria Swanson, Jack Webb, Nancy...
Billy Wilder's classic drama stars Gloria Swanson as reclusive silent movie queen Norma Desmond. Sharing a mansion with her live-in butler/former husb... Read more
Swimming with Sharks (1995)
7.1/10
Director: George Huang
Starring: Michelle Forbes, Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Benicio Del Toro, Roy Dotrice
Kevin Spacey and Frank Whaley star in this dazzling, wicked comedy. The vile fun begins as Whaley's character signs on as the new assistant to venal H... Read more
Takeshis' (2005)
6.4/10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Kotomi Kyono, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Terajima Susumu, Tets...
Japanese film icon Beat Takeshi writes, directs, edits and stars as himself and his own doppelganger in this surreal, comic fantasy about a convenienc... Read more
The Anniversary Party (2001)
6.3/10
Director: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming
Starring: Jane Adams, Jennifer Beals, Phoebe Cates, Alan Cumming, Kevin Kline, Jennifer Ja...
A gathering to mark the sixth wedding anniversary of novelist/filmmaker Alan Cumming and actress Jennifer Jason Leigh at their Hollywood Hills home de... Read more
The Artist (2011)
7.9/10
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: James Cromwell, John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller, Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo
Five Academy Awards - including Best Picture, Director, and Actor - went to this magical, mostly silent seriocomedy set in 1927 Hollywood. As screen i... Read more
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
7.1/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien
The life and times of a glamour girl, her beginnings, her rise to stardom, her loveliness, her tragedy. A splendid production and cast including Humph... Read more
The Comeback: The Complete Series (2005)
8/10
Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Laura Silverman, Damian Young, Malin Akerman, Robert Michael Morris...
Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) used to be at the top of everybody's list, now with her hit sit-com behind her, roles are thin on the ground, and she's... Read more
The Day of the Locust (1975)
7.1/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith
Nathanael West's powerful novel about Hollywood in the 30's is faithfully transferred to the screen. William Atherton is the naive artist who learns t... Read more
The Day of the Locust (Blu-ray) (1975)
7/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith
Nathanael West's powerful novel about Hollywood in the 30's is faithfully transferred to the screen. William Atherton is the naive artist who learns t... Read more
The End of Violence (1997)
5.6/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne
About an exploitation movie producer who goes into hiding after two bungling hoods who kidnapped him are discovered with their heads blown off. This l... Read more