Night Train to Munich,directed by one of the greatest British filmmaker ever – Carol Reed(The Third Man,Odd Man Out),is an underrated spy thriller that would give you a joyful ride. The Sequel to The Lady Vanishes If you have never heard of the title,you may have heard of The Lady Vanishes,a British classic spy film […]
Criterion Gems
Criterion Gems: The Lady Vanishes (1938) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
When we talk about suspense stories on a train,the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express directed by famous director Sydney Lumet came to many people’s mind first.As the master of suspense,Alfred Hitchcock loves choosing trains as the location where the story unfolds,be it the interesting opening sequence in Strangers on a Train,or the erotic […]
Criterion Gems: Night on Earth
There are no directors other than American Independent cinema auteur Jim Jamusch who both loves making episodic films and knows how to make them work,his 1991 Night on Earth is one of the best examples. The film consists of five short stories which happen in five taxicabs in five different cities – Los Angeles,New York,Paris,Rome and […]
Criterion Gems: Shallow Grave
From today I’m gonna introduce a new series on Taste of Cinema called Criterion Gems,which consists a series of reviews of the Criterion Collection titles that need to be discovered by more film fans.Let’s start this marathon with one of their new titles,British Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle’s thrilling debut – Shallow Grave. First let’s have […]