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22/01/2019
DVD Review: Orphée
★★★★★ The second film in Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy, Orphée’s textural and thematic richness is matched only by its enduring technicalContinue Reading
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22/01/2019
Criterion Review: Panique
★★★★★ In post-war Paris, an elderly woman is murdered apparently without motive. As the locals puzzle over the identity ofContinue Reading
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22/01/2019
DVD Review: Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
★★★★☆ Two years after the release of his classic, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, director Robert Aldritch revisits psychosis with Hush… Hush,Continue Reading
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22/01/2019
DVD Review: Under the Tree
★★★☆☆ Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s Under the Tree makes its UK debut on DVD. A social satire with a shade of black humourContinue Reading
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18/01/2019
Film Review: Mary Queen of Scots
★★☆☆☆ Josie Rourke’s Mary Queen of Scots is the latest attempt to tell the well-worn story of Mary Stuart, whoContinue Reading
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18/01/2019
Film Review: Glass
★★☆☆☆ Tying the worlds of Unbreakable and Split together, M. Night Shyamalan brings us a film that serves as direct sequel to bothContinue Reading
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16/01/2019
SAG Awards 2019 preview
The beauty of the Screen Actors Guild Awards is that it is actors lauding actors in both motion pictures andContinue Reading
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14/01/2019
DVD Review: Laura
★★★★★ Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney), who was found in herContinue Reading
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14/01/2019
MAMI 2018: Colette review
★★★★☆ Wash Westmoreland’s biopic on the French literary icon takes its audience through Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette’s early years and sees herContinue Reading
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12/01/2019
Our 25 most anticipated films of 2019
By anyone’s standards, 2018 was a terrific year for cinema. Our top picks of the year reflect some of the qualityContinue Reading
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12/01/2019
Film Review: Stan & Ollie
★★★★☆ In Jon S. Baird’s Stan & Ollie, we peek behind the curtain and into the private lives of twoContinue Reading
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12/01/2019
Film Review: Colette
★★★☆☆ Director Wash Westmoreland’s latest film, based on a screenplay written jointly by himself, his late husband Richard Glatzer andContinue Reading
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07/01/2019
Mission Implausible: far-fetched movie moments
Have you ever wondered if it’s actually possible to survive a nuclear explosion by hiding in a fridge, or toContinue Reading
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07/01/2019
Criterion Review: Sawdust and Tinsel
★★★★☆ 1953’s Sawdust and Tinsel was a financial and critical failure, yet is now considered one of Ingmar Bergman’s early masterpieces. It’sContinue Reading
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04/01/2019
Film Review: The Passenger
★★★★☆ A testament to the enduring legacy and reverence of Michelangelo Antonioni, The Passenger returns to UK cinema screens inContinue Reading