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CAT OF THE DAY 033: LA DOLCE VITA
CAT OF THE DAY 033: LA DOLCE VITA (1960) Rome after dark. Visiting movie star Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) puts a kitten on her head. As you do. But removes it before climbing into the Trevi Fountain. Related articles Marcello Mastroianni: … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 032: THE PRESTIGE
CAT OF THE DAY 032: THE PRESTIGE (2006) Celebrated stage magician Robert “The Great Danton” Angier (Hugh Jackson) is visiting eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla (David Bowie) in Colorado in a quest for a teleportation device that will enable him to … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 031: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935
CAT OF THE DAY 031: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 (1935) Busby Berkeley‘s backstage musical was the first of his films on which he got sole directing credit (previously he had been credited as either co-director or choreographer). The highlight is … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 030: THE GODFATHER
CAT OF THE DAY 030: THE GODFATHER (1972) “No Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter’s wedding day.” At the start of the film, during his daughter Connie‘s wedding, Don Vito Corleone sits in the semi-darkness of his study, … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 029: THE SENTINEL
CAT OF THE DAY 029: THE SENTINEL (1977) If there’s one thing worse than being disturbed by neighbour noise, it’s being disturbed by neighbour noise and then being told you don’t have any neighbours. Cristina Raines plays a supermodel who … Continue reading
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CAT OF THE DAY 028: NOVECENTO
CAT OF THE DAY 028: NOVECENTO (aka 1900) (1976) After the triple-whammy of The Conformist, The Spider’s Stratagem and Last Tango in Paris, Bernardo Bertolucci was already beginning to go off the boil (I’m afraid I’m not a fan of his … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 027: THE YAKUZA
CAT OF THE DAY 027: THE YAKUZA (1974) Heavyweights Paul Schrader and Robert Towne were responsible for the screenplay of this cracking east-meets-west thriller – directed by Sydney Pollack in his interesting 1970s period – in which Robert Mitchum goes … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 026: TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
CAT OF THE DAY 026: TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (2004) Danny Glover and Sean Penn unleash Kim Jong II‘s deadly black “panthers” on Joe and Sarah. But Sarah uses her mental powers (“We are not your enemy, furry ones! You … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 025: LE CERCLE ROUGE
CAT OF THE DAY 025: LE CERCLE ROUGE (1970) André Bourvil, one of France’s best-loved comedians, plays it straight as Commissaire Mattei (a role originally intended for Lino Ventura) in Jean-Pierre Melville‘s existential cops and robbers drama. It was to … Continue reading
CAT OF THE DAY 024: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
CAT OF THE DAY 024: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (1962) The black cat in Saul Bass‘s credit sequence for Edward Dmytryk’s film is one of the most famous cats in the movies, and rightly so. The puss emerges from … Continue reading
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