Me and you and you and me No matter how they toss the dice, it had to beFrom Happy Together by The Turtles There is a scene in Stephen Frears' My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) where the lead, a young British-Pakistani man played by Saeed Jaffrey, is shown having sex with his romantic partner, a neo-Nazi … Continue reading The Power of Love, Part 3: Happy Together (1997)
Tag: Hong Kong
Cinematography of the World – Part 1: China Post-1990
This will be an on-going series of posts on cinematography from around the world. Initially, it was intended to be a single post but there are so many aesthetically interesting and innovatively shot films from around the world that it is just too difficult to do that in one go. Just think of some of … Continue reading Cinematography of the World – Part 1: China Post-1990
Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 4 – Push (2009 Paul McGuigan)
With the promise of control of the X-Men Universe reverting back to Marvel, it is interesting to look back on the roller-coaster of quality and influence that is the X-Men movies. It has been almost 20 years since Bryan Singer made X-Men (2000) and as a result made superhero movies fashionable and profitable again. The … Continue reading Saturday Afternoon Movies, Part 4 – Push (2009 Paul McGuigan)