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Unifrance, in partnership with Allociné and with the support of the Centre National de la Cinématographie and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is organizing the […]
LFF 2010: ‘127 Hours’ review
★★★★☆ Foresight is a wonderful thing. With the gift of foresight, British director Danny Boyle – perhaps best known for the cult classic Trainspotting (1996) […]
Barbican Film: ‘Instant Swamp’
Instant Swamp (2009), Satoshi Miki’s quirky comedy about the disillusionment of the contemporary Japanese lifestyle certainly doesn’t disappoint. As part of The Barbican’s ‘Girlsworld: Women in Contemporary […]
Theatrical Releases: ‘The Hunter’
The Hunter (2010) is Iranian-British director Rafi Pitts’ follow-up to his acclaimed 2006 film It’s Winter. Again, we are in Iran, just before the elections. Progress is […]
Theatrical Releases: ‘Paranormal Activity 2’
Paranormal Activity (2007) was the infamous movie that spooked Steven Spielberg (who quickly jumped in to help distribute the film), and had audiences jolting out of […]
Special Feature: Hammer Horror – the Resurrection
If you mention the name of Hammer Horror to any forty-plus film enthusiast (or similarly, any cinephile worth their salt), it’s more than likely that […]
Theatrical Releases: ‘Saw 3D: The Final Chapter’
Someone could argue (though probably not myself) that the supposed finale to the seemingly never-ending Saw saga, Saw 3D: The Final Chapter (2010), is also […]
LFF 2010: ‘Black Swan’ review
★★★★★ Black Swan (2010) is a work of chilling beauty. Its excellent cinematography, dance, and music all accompanied by the performance of an exciting cast […]
LFF 2010: ‘The King’s Speech’ review
★★★★☆ The King’s Speech (2010) delves deep into the relationship between two men – one a common man and the other a royal – by […]
DVD Releases: ‘Night of the Demons’ (2009)
Night of the Demons (2009) director Adam Gierasch said he wanted to make the “ultimate film that my seventeen year old self wanted to see”, […]
DVD Releases: ‘Iron Man 2’
US multi-billionaire Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) superhero ‘alter ego’ was revealed to the world at the end of Iron Man (2008), and John Favreau’s follow up […]
DVD Releases: ‘Black Death’
A truly bleak world view permeates Christopher Smith’s Black Death (2010), which is as much about the 21st century world as it is the 14th […]
Barbican Film: ‘Metropolis’
Over 80 years after its initial cinematic release, German expressionist Fritz Lang’s silent dystopian masterpiece Metropolis (1927) has now finally been re-assembled back into its […]
LFF 2010: ‘Loose Cannons’ review
★★★★☆ From his opening shots of a bride striding through the Italian countryside before turning a gun on herself, Italo-Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek plays with […]
Film Review: ‘Mary and Max’
★★★★★ In recent years there has been a rapid decline in the output of clay animation films. This would appear to be due to the […]
Film Review: ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’
★★★★☆ Just so you know right off the bat, The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008) is not an Iranian version of Cheech & Chong’s Up […]
LFF 2010: ‘Another Year’ review
★★★★★ Disappointment and regret loom large in Mike Leigh’s latest film, Another Year (2010). From the opening shots of Janet’s (Imelda Staunton) pained expression as […]
LFF 2010: ‘Conviction’ review
★★★☆☆ Tony Goldwyn’s Conviction (2009) treads the well worn path of many of its BFI London Film Festival contemporaries this year – Julian Schnabel’s Miral (2010) and […]