Part Two of Three of this extended edition of Left Field Cinema examining Terrence Malick's masterpiece of the war movie genre - The Thin Red Line (1998).  Part Two examines what makes the film so unique within the width and breadth of cinema. 

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.  Quotations read by Will Tristram.

Part One of Three of this special extended edition of Left Field Cinema examining Terrence Malick's masterpiece of the war movie genre - The Thin Red Line (1998).  Part one will examine the film extra-textually in relation to Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, Malick's other films, James Jones' original novel and Andrew Marton's 1964 film adaptation.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.  Quotations read by Gloria Lindh.

Paolo Sorrentino's The Consequences of Love is a flawed yet highly distinctive modern gangster film, boasting stunning photography, unusual pacing and a nuanced central performance from Toni Servillo.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson. 

Continuing Left Field Cinema's exploration of the work of the great Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda, this episode explores one of his best films to date, a tragic drama centered around the abandonment of four children to fend for themselves in modern Japan.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.  Additions written by Wilson McLachlan. 

Hirokazu Koreeda is the unsung great director of Japanese cinema.  Koreeda is his nation's equivalent of Michael Winterbottom, a chameleonic filmmaker who has never told the same story twice and is a master of all styles.  Paradoxically though his seven films to date all explore a re-occurring theme of death.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.  Additions written by Wilson McLachlan.  

Originality vs. Good Filmmaking is explored in this edition of Left Field Cinema as we compare Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez's The Blair Witch Project (1999), two horror classics with the same conceit at their hearts.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

Erick Zonca's Julia (2008) is an excellent pastiche of the thrillers directed by John Cassavetes.  Tilda Swinton provides a memorable performance in the titular role of Julia - the constantly dissembling alcoholic.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.   

Actor turned writer director Mia Hansen-Løve's second feature film Father of My Children? (Le père de mes enfants) is an excellent example of a two-act film.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

Joe Dante's The 'burbs (1989) is an succinct demonstration of how every single element of a film is of the utmost importance and how floundering on a single component can completely destroy a movie's moral balance sheet.

Written and presented by Mike Dawson.

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot) catalogues the events that led to the collapse of possibly the greatest film never made.  Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea's 2009 documentary serves as a cautionary tale for filmmakers everywhere.  

Written presented by Mike Dawson.