Film of the Day – The Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
“If you don’t like The Godfather Part II, then fuck you” – Pauline Kael The above is perhaps the greatest review of a film of all time – in its entirety! – and one that I wholeheartedly agree with. But then, surely everyone likes The Godfather Part II, don’t they? [...]
Film of the Day – CQ (Roman Coppola, 2001)
And for our next Scala Beyond screening we’re showing Roman Coppola’s criminally overlooked artsy drama/60s sci-fi pastiche CQ. A film that unabashedly displays its love for retro, genre cinema without ever falling into lazy parody, in many ways this could be described as the quintessential Scala Beyond film. We’ll be [...]
Listomania!: The Ten Best Anti-War Films
“War! What is it good for?” asked Edwin Starr in 1969, before answering his own question with a highly conclusive exclamation of “Absolutely nothing!” And while you really have to admit that the soul supremo was generally correct in his assertion, there is at least one thing that war is good for, [...]
