The Masters Of Cinema Summer Slate
We’ve been a little tardy with this quarters Masters Of Cinema schedule, alas a combination of festivals and behind the scenes work has seen us slack off a little in the past week. Alas, we’re back up to speed now, and have a couple of very exciting releases to take a look at from the … Read more
BIFF Live-Blog #1 – Thursday
Good morning, and welcome to the first of our daily live-blog’s from this years Bradford Film Festival. We’ll be live from on site at the National Media Museum in Bradford for the rest of the festival. Today’s screenings are headed up Marcel Ophüls and Jean-Luc Godard, a documentary charting a conversation between the two filmmakers, … Read more
Godard, Wellman and Cinerama: A Preview Of The Bradford International Film Festival
The Bradford film festival gets underway in just over a weeks time and we’re really looking forward to it. So much so in fact that we’ve gone where Hope Lies fears to tread, and even embedded videos. Check out a couple of our most anticipated events at this years festival, and join us between April … Read more
Monday Blu(e)s and DVD
It’s a Coppola centric day for home video fans, with several of his American Zoetrope productions finally making their way on to digital formats for the first time. DVD rules the roost too, with nary a glimmer of greatness on Blu-ray this week, yet several essential titles coming to the older format. Please feel free … Read more
The Wednesday Debate – Are Remakes, Reboots and Reimaginations Really That Bad?
Welcome to the first post-Summer 2011 edition of The Wednesday Debate. Every Wednesday we pose a question, inviting debate on a particular subject. This week, the big question is inspired by the very Summer of cinema that has just passed. Put simply, are remakes that bad? In the past my “defence” for remakes has always … Read more
Birthday Blu(e)s
Apparently today marks five years of the Blu-ray format. In light of that here are Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second’s five favourite releases of a format that we love dearly. The Thin Red Line Initially released by the magnificent Criterion, but recently replicated by 20th Century Fox in the UK (with supposed Criterion … Read more
Monday Blu(e)s and DVD
It’s a big week for home video, with the mainstream headed up by the release of the penultimate Harry Potter movie and the Zack Snyder animated owl flick. Meanwhile, the slightly more interesting end of the market features the epic battle of Godard Vs. Truffaut, the film that swept the Césars last month and the … Read more
Not In The English Language #5 – Le Petit Soldat
Not In The English Language returns after a two week hiatus with Jean-Luc Godard’s sophomore effort, Le Petit Soldat. The article can be found HERE.
