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If you see his early work in Great Britain you may feel differently. While they may not be great films, Reed is magnetic. For one, he was one of the greatest technical actors of his generation. His ability to re-record his performance in the studio was phenomenal.

Monday, November 18/19 4:15 a.m. Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960). Good cast with Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis and an uncredited Oliver Reed!

My top FF films of all time …. 1. The Conformist (1970) Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy 2. Seven Samurai (1954) Akira Kurosawa, Japan 3. Children of Paradise (1945) Marcel Carne, France 4. Wild Strawberries (1957) Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 5. Pather Panchali (1955) Satyajit Ray, India 6. Fellini Satyricon (1969) Federico Fellini, Italy 7. The Seventh Seal (1957) Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 8. Mother (1926) V.I. Pudovkin, Russia 9. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Carl Dreyer, France 10. Shoeshine (1946) Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Here are our choices for the best of each decade .... pre 1920 Cabiria (1914) Giovanni Pastrone, Italy (2) Les Vampires (1915) Louis Feuillade, France (2) The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) Victor Sjostrom, Sweden 1920’s Metropolis (1927) Fritz Lang, Germany (2) Mother (1926) V.I. Pudovkin, Russia The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Carl Dreyer, France 1930’s M (1931) Fritz Lang, Germany (2) Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir, France (2) Moscow Laughs (1934) Grigori Aleksandrov, Russia 1940’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) Vittorio De Sica, Italy (2) Ivan the Terrible Part One (1944) Sergei Eisenstein, Russia Children of Paradise (1945) Marcel Carne, France Rome, Open City (1945) Roberto Rossellini, Italy 1950’s Seven Samurai (1954) Akira Kurosawa, Japan (2) The Nights of Cabiria (1957) Federico Fellini, Italy A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth (1956) Robert Bresson, France The Seventh Seal (1957) Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1960’s 8 1/2 (1963) Federico Fellini, Italy (2) Andrei Rublev (1966) Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia Fellini Satyricon (1969) Federico Fellini, Italy Vivre Sa Vie (1962) Jean-Luc Godard, France Yojimbo (1961) Akira Kurosawa, Japan 1970’s The Confession (1970) Constantin Costa-Gavras, France The Conformist (1970) Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy White Sun of the Desert (1970) Vladimir Motyl, Russia Cries and Whispers (1972) Ingmar Bergman, Sweden Suspiria (1977) Dario Argento, Italy The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany 1980’s Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Ruggero Deodato, Italy Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen, Germany Koyaanisqatsi (1982) Godfrey Reggio, USA Shoah (1985) Claude Lanzman, France Jean de Florette (1986) Claude Berri, France 1990’s High Heels (1991) Pedro Almodovar, Spain Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Zhang Yimou, China Hard Boiled (1992) John Woo, Hong Kong Run, Lola Run (1998) Tom Tykwer, Germany Time Regained (1999) Raul Ruiz, France 2000’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Julian Schnabel, France Lust, Caution (2007) Ang Lee, China Oldboy (2003) Chan-wook Park, South Korea Spirited Away (2001) Hayao Miyazaki, Japan The Star/Zvezda (2002) Nikolai Lebedev, Russia 2010’s Mysteries of Lisbon (2010) Raoul Ruiz, Portugal/France The Raid 2 (2011) Gareth Evans, Indonesia The Skin I Live In (2011) Pedro Almodovar, Spain Wild Tales (2014) Damian Szifron, Argentina The Young Karl Marx (2017) Raoul Peck, France

Sunday, November 17/18 2 a.m. Three Short films by Jane Campion followed by ... 3 a.m. Sweetie (1989). Genevieve Lemon is quite good in this.

Saturday, November 16 10 a.m. Popeye: It’s the Natural Thing to Do (1939).

Friday, November 15 10:30 p.m. The Lady Eve (1941). I saw this in the cinema not long ago and it was great. Stanwyck and Coburn are hilarious and Fonda works much better on the big screen.

My top FF films of the 2010’s …. 1. Wild Tales (2014) Damian Szifron, Argentina 2. The Salesman (2016) Asghar Farhadi, Iran 3. Everybody Knows (2018) Asghar Farhadi, Spain 4. Capernaum (2018) Nadine Labaki, Lebanon 5. 13 Assassins (2010) Takashi Miike, Japan 6. The Hunt (2012) Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark 7. The Handmaiden (2016) Chan-wook Park, South Korea 8. Amour (2012) Michael Haneke, France 9. Metro Manila (2013) Sean Ellis, Philippines 10. Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) Abdellatif Kechiche, France

Here were our number one choices for this decade ... 13 Assassins (2010) Takashi Miike, Japan (2) Identity Card (2010) Ondrej Trojan, Czech Republic Mysteries of Lisbon (2010) Raoul Ruiz, Portugal/France On the Path (2010) Jasmila Zbanic, Bosnia and Herzegovina Faust (2011) Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia Hasta la Vista/Come As You Are (2011) Geoffrey Enthoven, Belgium Lessons of a Dream (2011) Sebastian Grobler, Germany The Raid: Redemption (2011) Gareth Evans, Indonesia The Skin I Live In (2011) Pedro Almodovar, Spain The Hunt (2012) Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark (2) Holy Motors (2012) Leos Carax, France My Beautiful Country (2012) Michaela Kezele, Serbia A Royal Affair (2012) Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) Abdellatif Kechiche, France Hard to Be a God (2013) Aleksey German, Russia Metro Manila (2013) Sean Ellis, Philippines The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013) Isao Takahata, Japan We Are the Best! (2013) Lukas Moodysson, Sweden The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) Han-min Kim, South Korea Phoenix (2014) Christian Petzold, Germany The Raid 2 (2011) Gareth Evans, Indonesia Two Days, One Night (2014) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium Wild Tales (2014) Damian Szifron, Argentina Dheepan (2015) Jacques Audiard, France Francofonia (2015) Alexander Sokurov, Russia Look Who’s Back (2015) David Wnendt, Germany The Lure (2015) Agnieszka Smoczynska, Poland Victoria (2015) Sebastian Schipper, Germany The Handmaiden (2016) Chan-wook Park, South Korea (2) The Salesman (2016) Asghar Farhadi, Iran (2) Train to Busan (2016) Sang-ho Yeon, South Korea Loveless (2017) Andrey Zvyaginstev, Russia November (2017) Rainer Warnet, Estonia On Body and Soul (2017) Ildiko Envedi, Hungary Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) Issa Lopez, Mexico The Young Karl Marx (2017) Raoul Peck, France Burning (2018) Chang-dong Lee, South Korea Decision: Liquidation (2018) Aleksandr Aravin, Russia Everybody Knows (2018) Asghar Farhadi, Spain Transit (2018) Christian Petzold, Germany Utoya: July 22 (2018) Erik Poppe, Norway The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) Chiwetel Eijofor, UK First Love (2019) Takashi Miike, Japan The Wolf’s Call (2019) Antonin Baudry, France

Thursday, November 14 6:15 p.m. Murder, My Sweet (1944). Dick Powell’s re-invents himself as hard-nosed Philip Marlowe and does a pretty good job of it too. But are those lifts by any chance?

The winner of the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival Best Picture Award was … Uncle (2019) Frelle Petersen, Denmark

The winner of the 2019 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Picture Award was … The Father (2019) Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Bulgaria

The 2019 winner of the Ghent International Film Festival Best Picture Award was … Ondog (2019) Quan’an Wang, China

The winner of the 2019 Sweden’s Goteborg International Film Festival Best Picture Award was … Queen of Hearts (2019) May el-Toukhy, Denmark

The 2019 winner of Norway’s Amanda Award for Best Picture went to …. Out Stealing Horses (2019) Hans Petter Moland, Norway

The winner of the 2019 Nederlands Film Festival Best Picture Award … Dirty God (2019) Sacha Polak, the Netherlands

Wednesday, November 13 It’s difficult to single out any one of today’s films and I’ve seen them all quite a few times now. I’ll just have to go with my favourite of the bunch… 10:30 p.m. Dr. Strangelove (1964).

This film won the Best Canadian Film Award at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival … Antigone (2019) Sophie Deraspe, Canada

This foreign language film won the 2019 San Sebastian Film Festival … Pacified (2019) Paxton Winters, Brazil

The 2019 Locarno International Film Festival foreign film winner was … Vitalina Varela (2019) Pedro Costa, Portugal

The winners of the 2019 Venice Film Festival included …. Atlantis (2019) Valentyn Vasyanovych, Ukraine

The 2019 Chicago International Film Festival’s Best Picture Award went to this foreign language film … Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Celine Sciamma, France

The winner of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival was this foreign language film … Parasite (2019) Joon-ho Bong, South Korea

Tuesday, November 12 8 p.m. Jezebel (1938). Bette Davis is terrific in this.

The Winner of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival was this foreign film … Synonyms (2019) Nadav Lapid, France