Kimberly Lindbergs Derek Jarman, Directors, Experimental, Musicals, Soundtracks, Soundtracks

A Light that Never Went Out: The MTV Legacy of Derek Jarman

One of the most fascinating and overlooked aspects of Derek Jarman’s impressive filmmaking career is his collaborative work with musical artists. These projects materialized as experimental short films as well as music promo videos that regularly aired on MTV throughout the 1980s. Jarman appreciated the money he made directing videos but he wasn’t particularly happy … Continue reading A Light that Never Went Out: The MTV Legacy of Derek Jarman

Kimberly Lindbergs British Cinema, Derek Jarman, Directors, Gay Interest, Movie Reviews

Radical Shakespeare: The Alchemy of Derek Jarman’s “The Tempest”

The Tempest (1979) was Derek Jarman’s third feature-length film and it’s arguably one of his most accessible. In some ways it’s a rather traditional retelling of Shakespeare’s classic play about an aging magician named Prospero (Heathcote Williams) who is imprisoned on an island with his beautiful daughter Miranda (Toyah Willcox) and a beast called Caliban … Continue reading Radical Shakespeare: The Alchemy of Derek Jarman’s “The Tempest”

Kimberly Lindbergs British Cinema, Derek Jarman, Directors, Gay Interest, Marianne Faithfull, Movie Reviews, News

Derek Jarman: An Appreciation

As a teenager growing up in the '80s it was impossible to overlook Derek Jarman's work. He was all over MTV. He was part of a group of British filmmakers that included Julien Temple and Alex Cox who made music videos or music inspired films that seemed particularly in-sync with their times. Jarman's work was interesting, experimental and demanding of its audience but I appreciated the challenges he presented.

Kimberly Lindbergs British New Wave, Directors, Dirk Bogarde, Elizabeth Taylor, Joseph Losey, Movie Reviews, Richard Burton

Happy Birthday Joseph Losey!

Two of my favorite people: Director Joseph Losey & actor Dirk Bogarde Today marks what would have been Joseph Losey's 102 birthday. Unfortunately very few of us live that long and Losey died in 1984 at age 75. Lately critics around the world seem to be rediscovering his work and rethinking their opinion of the … Continue reading Happy Birthday Joseph Losey!

Kimberly Lindbergs American Cinema, British Cinema, Directors, DVD of the Week, Favorite 2010 DVDs, Hammer Horror, Helmut Berger, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Joseph Losey, Laurence Harvey, Lee Marvin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti, Movie Reviews, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Westerns

FAVORITE DVD RELEASES OF 2010

Every year I try to compile a list of my favorite new DVD releases. These lists tend to focus on films from the ’60s and ’70s since they’re my favorite film eras. This year I decided to expand my view a little and disregard limitations so I could share a varied list of all my … Continue reading FAVORITE DVD RELEASES OF 2010

Kimberly Lindbergs Blogathons, Deborah Kerr, Directors, Eli Wallach, Gene Tierney, Irvin Kershner, Joseph Cotten, Julie Christie, News, Paul Naschy, Thrillers

‘Tis the Season

Happy Holidays from Cinebeats & Julie Christie! 'Tis the season. I've been preoccupied with home renovations, work and holiday plans lately so I haven't had a lot of free time to watch movies or blog and I don't think I'll be updating much in December. In an effort to keep things interesting here at Cinebeats … Continue reading ‘Tis the Season

Kimberly Lindbergs British Cinema, Comedies, Directors, Movie Morlocks, Movie Reviews, TCM

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967)

I recently watched Clive Donner's teenage sex farce Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967) for the first time. Soon afterward I learned that the director had died at age 84 so in tribute to Donner I decided to write about the film for TCM this week. I really enjoyed Here We Go Round … Continue reading Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967)

Kimberly Lindbergs Alfred Hitchcock, British Cinema, Directors, Movie Morlocks, TCM

Alfred Hitchcock Needs Our Help

From my newest post at TCM's Movie Morlocks Blog: "This week the BFI (British Film Institute) launched a new campaign called “Rescue the Hitchcock 9” that asks the public to help them rescue 9 of Alfred Hitchcock’s earliest films. The original movies were shot on nitrate film, which is notorious for its incendiary properties. Nitrate … Continue reading Alfred Hitchcock Needs Our Help

Kimberly Lindbergs Akira Kurosawa, Crime, Directors, Ishiro Honda, Japanese Cinema, Movie Reviews, War

Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa!

Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune in Stray Dog (1949) Stray Dog (1949) was the ninth film made by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa and I think it's one of his very best. Like many of my favorite Kurosawa films, Stray Dog features no rogue samurai or mad emperors and it's set in modern Japan instead of … Continue reading Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa!