Welcome to the Wasteland, and a very personal 12 of the Best. These are the best 12 movies I personally watched this Christmas season. Not all of them are Christmassy, but they are all great in their own unique ways! Click on the podcast audio link below the images to listen! Merry Christmas and a … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Xmas Watches in 2024
Donald Sutherland 1935 - 2024 12 of the Best... Donald Sutherland Movies The Dirty Dozen - Robert Aldrich - 1967 IMDb Rating: 7.7 - Decinemal Rating: 72 M*A*S*H - Robert Altman - 1970 IMDb Rating: 7.4 - Decinemal Rating: 74 Klute - Alan J Pakula - 1971 IMDb Rating: 7.1 - Decinemal Rating: 80 Don't … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Donald Sutherland Movies
The idea of this film lurked on the periphery of my consciousness for quite a while before I got around to seeing it. The name of Greta Gerwig as a new force in feminist film-making around the release of Ladybird made me take a closer look. And eventually when her Little Women was first announced … Continue reading Frances Ha
If you want your film to have a touch of class, with intelligence, beauty, power and humanity at its heart, who are you gonna call? Whether it is a woman of strength and dignity in a supporting role, or an everywomen figure of hope and sensitivity fighting against an injustice in a dynamic lead role, … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #5 Meryl Streep
The fourth in my series of films you would recommend to an alien to explain humanity dovetails nicely with my Hall of Fame inductee this week. It is Steven Spielberg's seminal anti war epic Shindler's List (1993). This one speaks for itself in many ways. As an exploration of evil and the men behind the … Continue reading Alien Rec’s No.4
The third in my series of films you would recommend to a visiting alien to explain humanity is... the harrowing yet utterly brilliant Incendies (2010), directed by Denis Villeneuve, from the play by Wajdi Mouawad. Utilising a French and Arabic speaking cast you have probably never seen before, this brutal drama feels as close to … Continue reading Alien Rec’s No.3
The second in the series of films you would recommend to a visiting alien species in order to explain humanity. This is an effort to try and engage followers of The Wasteland a little more, both via WordPress on the actual page and through the instagram account thewasteland.art.blog If you have an idea which film … Continue reading Alien Rec’s No.2
As the owner of an Amazon Fire stick for a few years now, I would say it is my main & best source of watching films and TV. I have always found there is a mine of quality in the back catalogue of Amazon Prime that doesn't exist on Netflix, or others, for a very … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Vintage BFI Movies
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