★★★★☆ Due to the drawn-out process of filmmaking, mainstream cinema is often relatively slow to react to significant real world events. It took over ten years for Platoon (1986) and Full Metal Jacket (1987) to reach cinemas following the end of the Vietnam War, and the same delayed response can Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Chosen as the closing night film at this year’s BFI London Film Festival and starring Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hiddleston, The Deep Blue Sea (2011) marks Terence Davies’ return from a self-imposed, 11-year hiatus, and once again sees this acclaimed British director delve into the crippling Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Simon Curtis’ My Week with Marilyn (2011) is based on the true story of the uneasy six month production of Sir Laurence Olivier’s The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), and the unlikely friendship that blossomed between Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) and the third assistant director Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne). Continue Reading
