If I had to pick my top 10 films of the 60s…this vehicle for the Spencer Davis Group would not be one of them. But it does have some very nice redeeming features that save it from the scrapheap.
Film Reviews
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
Originally a Hunter Davies book about mid-60s Carlisle, Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush made it to the big screen in 1968.
Psych in Southport: What’s Good For The Goose (1969)
No flat caps and No ‘Mr Grimsdale ‘here, but you do get both the swinging sixties and the Pretty Things in What’s Good For The Goose.
Review: John Simons – A Modernist documentary
The man, the legend and the clothes. A new DVD looks at the life and work of John Simons, with the appropriate title of A Modernist. We obviously wanted to take a look.
Film review: The Pleasure Girls (1965)
A ‘60s teen flick featuring Lovejoy, an infamous character from Coronation Street and Klaus Kinski? It has to be The Pleasure Girls.
Blow-Up (1966)
Leading Italian director, Michelangelo Antonioni, attempted to capture London during the swinging sixties in his first British film, Blow-Up.
Lambert & Stamp (2015)
Alex ‘The Scenester’ Baxter gets an early viewing of the upcoming Lambert & Stamp documentary. Which means you get an early review.
Northern Soul: The Movie (2014)
Well, the wait is over and the Northern Soul film is almost ready to hit the big screens nationwide. Is it any good? The Scenester has been lucky enough to attend an early screening of the much-anticipated movie. Here are his thoughts…
