Shot in ravishing black & white CinemaScope by the great Gordon Willis and backed by an all-Gershwin score, Woody Allen’s romantic comedy from 1979 surely earns its title: it is one of the cinema’s great odes to New York.
Films — by Country
USA
A Star is Born
Judy Garland in her last great musical role finds stardom while James Mason, superb as her champion and husband, fades from studio favour in this lush, emotional Hollywood classic.
Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey
Forty years in the making, Terrence Malick’s mind-boggling Voyage of Time takes us on a breathless trip through the birth of the stars, the evolution of life on earth and sea, and its eventual obliteration.
Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music (Director’s Cut)
It takes the sheer scale of the original sound and image to understand the power that Woodstock the movie held for the generation forever branded, truly or not, as its disciples.