sandeano
1 Sep 2009, 23:22
For those of you with Foxtel or access to digital tele, ABC 2 have been screening a most interesting array of films on a Saturday night. From Hitchcock, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn mini-festivals to some fine, stand-alone features including the likes of
"Blue Collar" - Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor in Paul Schrader's look at union machinations in the auto industry.
"The Seven Per Cent Solution" - Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud in this very effective black comedy starring the great Nicol Williamson, Alan Arkin and Robert Duvall.
"Anne of The Thousand Days" - Genevieve Bujold and Richard Burton in the Oscar nominated tale of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.
The Wrong Box" - Michael Caine leads an all star cast in a comedy about the funeral trade (directed by the always dependable Bryan Forbes).
"Gilda" - Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in the seminal noir classic.
"The Silencers" - Dean Martin's Matt Helm at his martini swilling best.
"Fat City" - John Huston's brilliant neo-noir take on the boxing caper with Stacey Keach and Jeff Bridges.
These films all played in recent weeks and most were followed by second features that were just as interesting.
This coming Saturday is Orson Welles' landmark "Touch of Evil" with Charlton Heston and the luscious Janet Leigh caught in corruption on the mexican border.
Future Highlights include Joseph Losey's fascinating "The Damned" and Jimmy Stewart starring in "The Glenn Miller Story".
To my mind, these often rare films have been more interesting (to those of a film buff's bent) than all that the pay-TV movie channels have managed to muster over the same period.
If you are a movie lover (especially for films over over 30 years vintage) and you have access to ABC2 then Saturday nights are proving to be a great night in.
"Blue Collar" - Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor in Paul Schrader's look at union machinations in the auto industry.
"The Seven Per Cent Solution" - Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud in this very effective black comedy starring the great Nicol Williamson, Alan Arkin and Robert Duvall.
"Anne of The Thousand Days" - Genevieve Bujold and Richard Burton in the Oscar nominated tale of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.
The Wrong Box" - Michael Caine leads an all star cast in a comedy about the funeral trade (directed by the always dependable Bryan Forbes).
"Gilda" - Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in the seminal noir classic.
"The Silencers" - Dean Martin's Matt Helm at his martini swilling best.
"Fat City" - John Huston's brilliant neo-noir take on the boxing caper with Stacey Keach and Jeff Bridges.
These films all played in recent weeks and most were followed by second features that were just as interesting.
This coming Saturday is Orson Welles' landmark "Touch of Evil" with Charlton Heston and the luscious Janet Leigh caught in corruption on the mexican border.
Future Highlights include Joseph Losey's fascinating "The Damned" and Jimmy Stewart starring in "The Glenn Miller Story".
To my mind, these often rare films have been more interesting (to those of a film buff's bent) than all that the pay-TV movie channels have managed to muster over the same period.
If you are a movie lover (especially for films over over 30 years vintage) and you have access to ABC2 then Saturday nights are proving to be a great night in.