The little white attic

I’m reading Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies , which I think is a very good and enjoyable book, especially for aspiring film directors.  Look a...

1/ Generally speaking, the majority of remakes are unnecessary and/or bad. However, I’m not against remakes per se.  2/ I am, as a principl...

Which is different from my list of favourite films.  Persona (1966), Wild Strawberries (1957), Hour of the Wolf (1968), and Cries and Whi...

The 50s:  http://thelittlewhiteattic.blogspot.com/2017/08/my-favourite-films-from-1950s.html The 60s:  http://thelittlewhiteattic.blogspot....

Following the previous post, here’s a list of my 3 favourite films of some directors. I also note how many of the directors’ films I’ve watc...

(originally posted on 17/10/2014).  Such a list only shows how little I've watched (very often, an excellent film is not mentioned here...

1/ The Godfather (1972) 2/ The Godfather Part II (1974) 3/ Goodfellas (1990) 4/ Mean Streets (1973) 5/  Gangs of New York  (2002) 6/ ...

Updated. Originally published on 21/10/2013. 1/ The Apartment (Billy Wilder) 2/ Sunset Boulevard ( Billy Wilder) 3/ Ladri di bicilette (Vi...

Currently reading "Notes from underground" by Dostoyevsky, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. 1/ The 1st lin...

My Oscar predictions: Best picture: "12 years a slave" Best actor: Matthew McConaughey in "Dallas buyers club" (or Chiwe...

A rather interesting article: http://flavorwire.com/200745/the-30-harshest-filmmaker-on-filmmaker-insults-in-history/view-all/ 1/ I see v...

Here is a very good review by Roger Ebert: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-taxi-driver-1976

Listening to film directors, especially the ones I love, talk about films and filmmaking is a great pleasure. 1/ The 1st part, a video, inc...