Swinging Sixties

  • Movie Review: Last Night in Soho (2021)

    Movie Review: Last Night in Soho (2021)

    ‘Last Night in Soho’ (LNS), directed by Edgar Wright, recreates the magic of both Swinging London and the Giallo movies of the 60s and 70s. It is an absorbing visual treat that meets the criteria to be classified under multiple genres of cinema, such as Horror, Psychological horror, thriller, and of course Giallo. LNS can Read more

  • Movie Review: Blow Up (1966)

    Movie Review: Blow Up (1966)

    Blow-Up, an adaptation of Julio Cortázar’s short story “Las babas del diablo,” is the first English movie directed by legendary Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni. Antonioni is known for making mood pieces. Film critic Arthur Knight wrote that Blow-Up is a defining movie, akin to Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Antonioni’s masterpiece would influence the works of Read more