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- American Masterpiece: Five Easy Pieces 1:00am Nov 18
- Krzysztof Kieslowski: The Double Life of Veronique 1:00am Nov 11
- Overlooked Gems: Devil in a Blue Dress 1:00am Nov 4
Left Field Cinema If anyone in the Leeds area would like to be an extra in my film then please get in touch (mikeandrewdawson@googlemail.com). We're filming tomorrow morning from 11:00 in the HiFi Club in Leeds near the corn exchange. We need your help! (Preferably people between the ages of 18-40.)
In many ways Bob Rafelson's 1970 feature film represents the start of the second golden age of American cinema, coming at the very start of the decade famous for it's subversive and intellectual stature movie making, this represents one of the first American films made with a deliberately European...
The Kieslowski series continues, this time examining his 1991 masterpiece and arguably greatest feature film, a study of the invisible connections between human beings.
Carl Franklin's 1995 Neo Noir doesn't garner the same level of plaudits as the likes of China Town or L.A. Confidential, but it is an overlooked gem worthy of your attention.
The last of my five favourite directors, starting this series with his four hour in length 1975 Brechtian masterpiece The Travelling Players.
Left Field Cinema Pontypool has to be one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking Horror films of the decade, blessed with twinges of comedy and a brilliant central performance. This Canadian genre blender comes highly recommended! Catch it at the cinema if you can...
Al Pacino is probably best known for his film acting in 1970's classics like The Godfather and Dog Day Afternoon. What might surprise you is that he also directs and what might surprise you more is the sort of film he likes to direct.
For the 100th episode of Left Field Cinema, a special extended examination of Andrei Tarkovsky's greatest masterwork, the 1975 feature film, Mirror...
Joss Whedon's film adaptation of the flop TV series Firefly had to both inform new viewers of its complex context whilst avoiding potential alienation of the die-hard fans. This edition examines the perfectly balanced pre-title sequence of the film moment by moment.
Left Field Cinema Don't forget about the Days of Heaven competition. For your chance to win a copy of the film go to www.leftfieldcinema.com/forum and post your entries on the Days of Heaven Competition thread. Closing date is 18th of October.
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John Cassavetes' crime thriller is one of the forgotten classics of 1970's American cinema. A brilliant central performance from Ben Gazzara and a intense naturalistic presentation of events make this an unmissable masterpiece.
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Shinji Aoyama's visually stunning three and a half hour meditation on the nature of trauma. One the finest Japanese films of the decade.
Peter Brook's 1971 screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's famous tragedy. This relentlessly brutal film is an almost perfect merging of Shakespeare and Ingmar Bergman.
The second installment of the Left Field Cinema series examining the films of America's greatest living film maker, this time his Richard Gere staring sophomore subversion of the Western genre.
