The Mirror and the Scene

  Jesse and Celine, it's good to be back.  Before Midnight is the third instalment in Richard Linklater's exceptional and unique series of films which trace the ongoing relationship between Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) from the streets of Vienna and Paris to southern

Afternoon slips into evening, the sky is the same white veil colour as the film I'm watching, it's so close and at any moment it might rain. A film that captures white shadows. Every frame numbing. Every word poetry, every movement breathes a new angle on existence, a new perception. Ingmar Bergman

Bergman is one of my favourite film makers and like all those who reach certain artistic heights, they have inspiring things to say about the genesis of their art and how they continue to express themselves. This is a lengthy piece by Bergman, but I feel it deserves to be read. EACH FILM

How Green Was My Valley is a beautiful and heart-wrenching film. It's both idealistic and sentimental, yet it's depiction of the disintegration of a culture and way of life, set against the changing social mores of the time using the trials and tribulations of the Morgan family as metaphor, is handled