Articles by @matcoop

Light Sleeper

8th May 2016 @matcoop 0

Paul Shrader has never lost his love for Bresson and Light Sleeper for me is the closest he’s got to matching the master. It’s a […]

Colors

7th May 2016 @matcoop 0

I was very young when I saw this film about L.A. gangs. Typically, for the time, this film about black and Hispanic gang culture actually […]

Awaydays

1st May 2016 @matcoop 0

Six films to go, and I should finish this list of 100 films you must see (while avoiding the obvious) before I jet off on […]

Gregory’s Girl

23rd April 2016 @matcoop 0

Films about growing up and being an awkward teen seem to be the domain of US teen films in the 1980s. However, another film from […]

Along Came Polly

12th April 2016 @matcoop 0

I say to myself that I’m not massive fan of Ben Stiller, except that I seem to own copies of Along Came Polly and While […]

Halloween

9th April 2016 @matcoop 0

With only nine films to go, the task of writing about 100 films you must see (and avoiding the obvious ones) gets that much harder. […]

Wrong Arm of the Law

9th April 2016 @matcoop 0

I had a chat with a director friend on Twitter recently about good British comedy movies. My mate mentioned Rita, Sue and Bob too – […]

The Phantom Tollbooth

6th April 2016 @matcoop 0

In this series of 100 blogposts about films you must see I’ve written about comedy movies, dramatic films, horror films, action films and even the […]

The Deadly Spawn

2nd April 2016 @matcoop 0

The Deadly Spawn was made in the early 80s on a very low budget and is essentially a homemade horror movie. I believe the total […]