Swimmingly

 

La Nageuse (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A girl swims in water.

A charming little short that works fairly well. Only a small clip but nicely done. Pretty good perspective.

3/5

Two horses

 

Le Steeple-chase (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early short animated film. Two horses cross the frame.

Somewhere between jerky and smooth animation, not perfect. Fine for what it is. Lacks some of the charm of other Reynaud shorts.

2/5

Bubbles

 

Les Bulles de Savon (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A girl blows bubbles.

A bit jerky in motion and not in great image quality. Not the top tier of the Reynaud animations. One to skip.

2/5

Jerky

 

L'Equilibriste (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A child balances a drum.

Not the best of the Reynaud catalogue. The action is a bit jerky in this animation. Also hard to find in decent image quality.

2/5

Up in the air

 

Le Jongleur (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is a short early animated film. A man juggles.

A nice little short with animation that works decently. Hard to find a good quality version of this online unfortunately. A good addition to the catalogue.

3/5

Roasted

 

Le Rotisseur (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A man roasts some meat.

A simple scene that easily repeats. The animation works pretty well, it is not too jerky. Given the age a decent short.

3/5

A man loses his head

 

The Green Knight (2021)

Directed by David Lowery this film stars Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton and Ralph Ineson. An aspiring knight chops off the green knight's head with the expectation of taking the same blow in a years time.

A classic legend given a moody cinema adaptation. Enjoyable with a decent amount of depth thanks to a few modern tweaks. The kind of film all too rarely seen these days, impressively so on such a low budget.

4/5