So far, my centennials project has spawned one award-winning book, A Hundred in 2016, and six years where I didn't review anywhere near as much I planned because life got in the way. I'm still enjoying this series, so I'm back for year eight, the 2023 edition, on a serious year to get the film side of Apocalypse Later in balance with the book and music reviews I'm doing well with.
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So, here's 2023 Centennials.
Each review here was posted on what would have been (or in some instances actually was) the one hundredth birthday of someone important to the film industry. The aim is to remember them with an interesting film from their career that, in the process, allows me to explore another aspect of history, whether to cinema, something wider or both.
Some of these people are famous, household names that we grew up watching. Some aren't. And some used to be, but a hundred years is a long time and things change. All, however, are important.
These carefully curated films vary by era, genre and nationality and, together, help to enrich my knowledge and maybe yours too. I'll collate these reviews into a new book, A Hundred in 2023, to be released at the beginning of 2024. At least that's the plan.
1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic
| Latest Review (28 Nov 2023) | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | 5 | 5 | Dan O’Bannon | IMDb |
| All 2023 Centennial Reviews | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| An Angel for Satan | 1966 | 5 | 5 | Camillo Mastrocinque | IMDb |
| The Glass Wall | 1953 | 6 | 6 | Maxwell Shane | IMDb |
| The Guilty | 1947 | 5 | 5 | John Reinhardt | IMDb |
| The Man in the Glass Booth | 1975 | 6 | 6 | Arthur Hiller | IMDb |
| Middle of the Night | 1959 | 6 | 6 | Delbert Mann | IMDb |
| The Night We Got the Bird | 1961 | 4 | 4 | Darcy Conyers | IMDb |
| The One-Armed Swordsman | 1967 | 5 | 5 | Cheh Chang | IMDb |
| One Way Pendulum | 1965 | 4 | 4 | Peter Yates | IMDb |
| The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | 5 | 5 | Dan O’Bannon | IMDb |
| Smokescreen | 1964 | 5 | - | Jim O’Connolly | IMDb |
| Storm Over Tibet | 1952 | 5 | 5 | Andrew Marton | IMDb |
| What’s Buzzin’, Cousin? | 1943 | 3 | 3 | Charles Barton | IMDb |
| When a Stranger Calls | 1979 | 6 | 5 | Fred Walton | IMDb |
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