DVD Releases: ‘Psalm 21’
Psalm 1. Swedish horror fanatics rejoice, LORD. How great is Fredrick Hiller’s Asian flavoured fright fest Psalm 21 (2009)? Psalm 2. You have granted him […]
Film Review: ‘Amreeka’
★★★★☆ Cherien Dabis’ bitter-sweet Amreeka (2009) (Arabic for ‘America’) follows the fortunes of Muna (Nisreen Faour), a single, divorced mother, who lives in the West […]
DVD Review: ‘Just Go With It’
★★★☆☆ Just Go With It (2011) is everything you would want from a Sandler/Aniston flick. Two hours of mindless entertainment with a happy ending. If […]
Interview: Kim Rossi, star of ‘Angels of Evil’
Wearing a tank top and looking very down-to-earth, Kim Rossi Stuart explains that he’s more than a little tired. Indeed, he’s had a long day […]
Film Review: ‘Angels Of Evil’
★★★★☆ Michele Placido, director of Angels of Evil (2010), is one of Italy’s most well known directors. An acclaimed actor first of all (particularly well […]
Film Review: ‘Life, Above All’
★★★★☆ Life, Above All (2010) is a moving drama about a 12-year old girl (a stunning debut from Khomotso Manyaka) who fights the prejudices and […]
Interview: John de Borman, BSC president
Last Thursday evening, CineVue was honoured to be invited along to the latest event held by the esteemed British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) – an […]
London Australian Film Festival 2011: ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’
★★☆☆☆ Just why Stuart Beatties’ award winning adaptation of John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993) was selected for the closing night of this […]
Cannes Film Festival 2011: Roundup
So, the Cannes Film Festival has wrapped itself up for another year, with some extraordinary films receiving their world premieres and a plethora of fashion-clad […]
DVD Releases: ‘Tangled’
Rumours that Tangled (2010) represented a return to form by Disney have been swirling since it’s release, but I was pessimistic and decided that the […]
DVD Review: ‘True Blood: Season 3’
★★★★☆ With the release of vamp drama True Blood’s third season on DVD and Blu-ray, it’s hard to ignore the show’s rapid climb from cult […]
Cannes Film Festival 2011: Award winners announced
US filmmaker Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011) has won the Palme d’Or prize at this year’s 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The reclusive director […]
DVD Review: ‘Client 9: The Rise & Fall of Eliot Spitzer’
★★★☆☆ In 2008, Eliot Spitzer stepped down as governor of New York when he was found to be ‘Client 9’ at the Emperor’s Club, a […]
DVD Review: ‘Budrus’
★★★★★ Budrus (2009) is a truly remarkable documentary of great power. The film documents Budrus, a small village in Palestine on the borders of Israel, […]
London Australian Film Festival 2011: ‘Red Dog’
★★★★☆ Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the opening gala of this year’s London Australian Film Festival. The festival opened with the UK […]
DVD Review: ‘True Justice: Street Wars’
★☆☆☆☆ Apparently Steven Seagal turned down a role in The Expendables (2010) over a falling out with the film’s producer regarding the ageing actor’s poor run of straight […]
Interview: Lee Jeong-beom, ‘The Man from Nowhere’
The head of CUEAFS Spencer Murphy interviews Korean director Lee Jeong-beom at the 2011 Udine Far East Fim Festival. Jeong-beom’s latest film The Man from […]
DVD Releases: ‘Lovely, Still’
★★★☆☆ It can be argued that mature romance is a rarely found theme in contemporary cinema, so much so that when it comes to describing […]