Howard Brookner

1954-1989

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor; c = cinematographer

Burroughs: The Movie (1983) [d,c]

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987) [d,w]

Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) [a,d,w]

The very best of Italian cinema

Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, De Sica, Pasolini... who can resist the intoxicating charm of Italian cinema?

The very best fantasy films in French cinema

Whilst the horror genre is under-represented in French cinema, there are still a fair number of weird and wonderful forays into the realms of fantasy.

The best French Films of the 1920s

In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.

The very best period film dramas

Is there any period of history that has not been vividly brought back to life by cinema? Historical movies offer the ultimate in escapism.

The best of Japanese cinema

The cinema of Japan is noteworthy for its purity, subtlety and visual impact. The films of Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa are sublime masterpieces of film poetry.

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Other things to look at

Review of I... comme Icare

Review of Une nuit de folies

Review of The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

Review of Le Double amour

Review of L'Amour flou