Filmmaking
Filmmaking and the filmmaking process has been a favourite topic of writers and directors since the early days of this craft. Sometimes reverent, but more often irreverent, of the industry they work in, often resulting in bristling insider humour not found in rank and file productions...
Right: John Turturro stars in the Coen Brothers' brilliant 'Barton Fink'.
America's Sweethearts (2001)
5.7/10
Director: Joe Roth
Starring: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Hank Azaria, St...
This combination of showbiz satire and romantic comedy tells of a seperated celebrity couple who, despite hating each other having new love interests,... Read more
American Movie (1999)
7.9/10
Director: Chris Smith
Starring: Mark Borchardt, Mike Schank
A funny, acclaimed documentary focusing on Wisconsin filmmaker Mark Borchardt, a Hollywood wannabe who will do anything to finish his latest no-budget... Read more
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Audience of One (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Jacobs
After Pentecostal preacher Richard Gazowsky got a greenlight from God to make a science-fiction epic based on the story of Joseph, he and his San Fran... Read more
Barton Fink (1991)
7.7/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Jon Polito
The 44th winner of Best Film at Cannes was this dark comedy/thriller in which a renowned playwright (John Turturro) comes to 1941 L.A. to write a scre... Read more
Barton Fink ( Blu-ray ) (1991)
7.7/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: John Goodman, John Mahoney, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Judy Davis, Michael Lerne...
The 44th winner of Best Film at Cannes was this dark comedy/thriller in which a renowned playwright (John Turturro) comes to 1941 L.A. to write a scre... Read more
Bellissima (1951)
7.9/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Gastone Renzelli
A working class mother blinded by pride hatches unrealistic plans for her daughter's show business career when a famous director comes to town and sta... Read more
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed
1976: A timid sound engineer (Toby Jones) arrives in Italy to work on a mysterious horror film ("The Equestrian Vortex"), mixing bloodcurdling screams... Read more
Berberian Sound Studio (Blu-ray) (2012)
6.2/10
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed
1976: A timid sound engineer (Toby Jones) arrives in Italy to work on a mysterious horror film ("The Equestrian Vortex"), mixing bloodcurdling screams... Read more
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
7/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Lou Castel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margar...
"Beware Of A Holy Whore" is Fassbinder's most autobiographical film, examining the tangled relationships which exist between a group of artists who ar... Read more
Body Double (1984)
6.8/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
Brian De Palma once again pays tribute to Alfred Hitchcock in this tale of an actor involved in a murder where he is the prime witness. Craig Wasson i... Read more