Michael Powell

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 6, 2015Anthology of Fantasy Tales/Ballet
One of the greatest of all fantasy films. A reasonable percentage of you are going to switch off when I use the word ballet but I urge you to bear with me and discover this stunningly cinematic Technicolor epic that uses sets in extraordinary ways that no other film ever has
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Peeping Tom (1960)

Peeping Tom (1960)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 28, 2016Psycho Film
Classic psycho film that came out the same year as Psycho but was killed in release being seen as morally repugnant. From the great Michael Powell, this features a killer obsessed with filming women as he kills them and finds an uncomfortable brilliance in the way it blurs a director's obsessions and a viewer's complicity in what they see on screen
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