Close Up - This is England

Recored sometime this was going to feature on a series I was going to do on British films although it kind of fell by the way side. Anyway, my now co-host of the Masters of Cinema Cast Joakim and I got together back in October 2012 to discuss Shane Meadows This is England.

This is the end result and before anyone says anything it was recored before Thatcher died!

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Criterion Roundup Episode Eleven

So 2013 kicks off with the first Criterion 3D Blu Ray Release in the form of Wim Wenders Pina and another Alfred Hitchcock entry this time his original version of The Man Who Knew too Much.

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Bond Retrospective: Octopussy

Bond returns and is this time sent of to India to find out what is going to happen in West Germany. With Moore looking a bit on the old side is Octopussy a worthy followup to For Your Eyes Only or should this one have been crushed like a pair of cheap dice?

All music featured in this episode is from John Barry's score to Octopussy.

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Tess Blu Ray

For an upcoming show I am going to be taking a look at the recent BFI Blu Ray release of Roman Polanski's Tess. Its a rare film that managed to make me both love and hate it in equal measure but one thing that cannot be denied is the films look; quite honestly it was stunning and here are some screen grabs to show you what I am talking about:

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