Though I tend to prefer his more expressive and surreal work of the 70s, this is Argento at his technical best. Taking cues from De Palma (who in turn was studying Hitchcock), the camera becomes the main character of this film. This fluidity of movement and the range of images captured, from sweeping opera house shots to meticulous tracking steadycam work, make this a film well worth seeing.
Where the film founders is in its tonal inconsistencies. We don't come…

As far as franchises go, Alien has been a real mixed bag of output, ranging from the artistic, to the grandiose, to the most commercial of work and everything in between. Cameron’s Aliens was a blockbuster in every sense of the word. It expanded the mythology and made it fun, exciting and incredibly popular. Yet setting aside the craft of that film, and of course acknowledging that it is one of the greatest action films of all time, I struggle…

More than a film, Beau Travail exists as an exquisite art piece; it is a statement on the concept of foreigness, a dissection of masculinity, a look at the power of jealousy and a poignant look at self destruction. It is also a dissertation on cinema itself and the theorical concept of "the gaze", a critical look at whose eyes we are observing through when we engage with a piece of art.
Stunningly beautiful, the cinematography by Godard  is so evocative…