#english films

[allthingzkleopatre]

"Caesar and Cleopatra" [1945] Vivien Leigh takes on the role of Cleopatra in Bernard Shaw's film adaptation of his play. Beautiful sets, amazing costumes, and the worst dialogue possible. Shaw imagines the young Cleopatra as a 'kitten' who needs the mentorship of an older, wiser man to show her how to rule Egypt. Leigh was amazing given the insipid interpretation by Shaw - but this angle for a story is wrong. This Cleopatra would have been eaten alive by her family had this been what Cleopatra was really like.

[theseimmortalcoils]

Catherine Deneuve as Carol Ledoux in Roman Polanski's Repulsion, 1965.

[celluloid-android]

Is that the sort of world you want?

A great speech in 1939. A great speech today...

[iablmeanie]

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters Official Trailer | Hammer Films

[sszeemedia]

"Star Trek" set to launch new live-action comedy in 25th century

The “Star Trek” universe is about to add a new dimension of humour with a forthcoming live-action-comedy series, led by actor-writer Tawny Newsome and writer-director Justin Simien. The series will be set in the 25th century and revolves around “Federation outsiders serving a gleaming resort planet” who discover that their everyday activities are being broadcast throughout the quadrant,…

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

I remember discussing Tintin casting choices with a friend from Germany and remarked how it was odd he often has an English accent in adaptations rather than a Belgian one, and my friend just replied "that's because Tintin gives incredibly strong English boy energy (derogatory)"

Here in the UK there's a lot of weird classism tied into accents. Today accent diversity and representation in broadcasting is actively pursued but in Tintin's time there certainly was a preferred accent to have.

imagine this exchange happens between pages 28-29 in The Crab with the Golden Claws

[homkamiro]

Lil Pootis but I was inspired by a really old USSR film "Wolf and Calf" which made me really emotional

[leahsstuff]

Best Films of 2023

Hello friends, today is the day I make an appearance on this little film blog. I hope to visit more often. On a personal level, this year has been an exciting one, full of new experiences, from completing a project management internship at a certified translation company in London, to moving back to France in April and starting a career as a freelance translator! I’m curious to see if my choice…

[shattereddteacup]

Past Lives (2023)

Dir. Celine Song

Language: Korean, English

[burningvelvet]

jacob elordi and margot robbie starring in yet another whitewashed wuthering heights adaptation which is going to further destroy the public perception of this classic literary work by misleading people into interpreting it as a common bodice ripper bc no one cares about nuance or meaning and all anyone cares about is profit... crying shaking throwing up!!!

it's also really ironic to imagine what heathcliff himself would think about how he's portrayed in media. he hates everyone and would hate more than anyone the fans who romanticize him, just as he canonically hates isabella for adoring him and wanting to believe that he's better than he is — that he is the romantic hero she's made him out to be. how ironic is it that most fans of the work embody isabella? and on that note, how much do you want to bet that isabella will be written out of the story along with most of the other characters plotlines, like how the colonial rhetoric is written out by the fact of elordi's mere presence?

heathcliff is such a wonderfully written character and one of the most iconic in all literary history. he doesn't deserve this chronic mistreatment and neither do any of the other characters. least deserving of all is emily brontë herself who would be continuously disappointed if she were misfortunate enough to have to bear witness to these adaptations. she's actively rolling in her grave as we speak and the producers are parodying heathcliff digging her up so that she can share in the torment they insist upon...

[romanceyourdemons]

the majority of the postwar american and japanese wwii film i’ve seen is like the real enemy is War Itself. the postwar chinese wwii film i’ve seen is like the real enemy is The Japanese, check out these war crimes. seriously look. i’m not going away until you do

[theunfairfolk]

TUFF movie reviews: Kirikou and the Sorceress

when i tell y'all my expectations were low, i mean it. i rarely see folklore handled well, much less ones that try to forge their own path. but y'all.

y'all.

this film is what disney should have been doing all along when they talk about "adapting" stuff. it's a beautiful example of a transformative work that still deeply reflects the culture it draws from.

it is a perfect example of a folk tale, up to and including the way the dialogue is written. it is musical on purpose with actual divergences into songs about the hero kirikou (made up by the children of the village of course).

and the animation.

ok ok it's not the smoothest or like. i dunno. "good" in the sense of flow of movement. but it is beautiful. no sameface syndrome to be found. body shapes all over the place. vibrant colors. it's fantastic.

my one complaint about this film is that i wish more people had seen it.

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Brideshead Revisited, Ep 3 "The Bleak Light of Day" (1981)

Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Charles Sturridge. Jeremy Irons as Charles Ryder, Anthony Andrews as Sebastian Flyte, Claire Bloom as Lady Marchmain, John Grillo as Mr. Samgrass, and Charles Keating as Rex Mottram.

[felixschaoticstuff]

Inspired by this post by @molielee (hope you like it)

So basically I'm sure ambrosius would wear white at their wedding. Also they asked Nimona to wear something elegant but she decided to make it closer to her style

[veemark]

YinWar's reactions to people complaining about the series not showing how Jack and Joke feel about each other and lacking romance because they haven't had any "sweet moments" yet:

Bonus: Yin clapping back at people hating on him for Jack's choices last week.