2017 Blind Spot: Touch of Evil

So for my November Blind Spot film, I wanted to go back to the realm of noir, along with going to one of my favourite directors, Orson Welles. Welles does have a reputation as one of the greatest actor/directors to ever live and it’s a reputation I support, Citizen Kane is a masterpiece of cinema,…

2017 Blind Spot: The Exorcist Review

So for my October Blind Spot, I felt it would be best to cover a horror film, and what better one to cover than the one with the reputation as being the greatest horror film ever made, The Exorcist. Since The Exorcist was released in 1973 it has received heavy acclaim, being one of the…

2017 Blind Spots: Treasure of the Sierra Madre

So I wanted to continue going through more classic films in this years blind spot lists and, seeing how I’ve not seen any films staring Humphrey Bogart, I thought Treasure of the Sierra Madre would be a good fit. Now I’m familiar with elements of parody that this film inspired, mainly from Looney Tunes and…

2017 Blind Spot: The General

This year with my blind spot list, I wanted to have a look at a silent film and focus that film on one of the big stars of the period whose work I haven’t seen before, and Buster Keaton fit the bill. Now I’m familiar with the stunt-work of Buster Keaton and how it’s inspired…

2017 Blind Spot: The Seventh Seal Review

So continuing my go through foreign language films I wanted to go to another heavily acclaimed director, Ingmar Bergman. Now Bergman’s films are ones that I’ve not been sure whether I’d like. Sure they were heavily acclaimed but if films like those don’t grab me, I tend to get bored really easily. However, that was…

2017 Blind Spot: Ran

For the next film I wanted to cover for this years Blind Spot list, I wanted to go to one director whose films I should be a lot more familiar with, Akira Kurosawa. Now before this the only films of Kurosawa’s I’d seen were Throne of Blood and Seven Samurai, considering the decades long career…

2017 Blind Spot: Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is one of those films that I’m disappointed in myself that I haven’t watched until now. Due to its seminal status, I have seen dozens of films and TV shows that have been inspired by Apocalypse Now but I’ve never seen the actual film until now. Having seen it, I can completely understand…