Oscars 2012: 84th Academy Awards nominations
At 13:30 GMT today, US actress Jennifer Lawrence – star of Winter’s Bone (2010) and the upcoming The Hunger Games (2012) adaptation – announced the […]
Film Review: ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’
★☆☆☆☆ Directed by Brit Stephen Daldry and adapted from the 2005 novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer, US drama Extremely Loud & […]
Berlin 2012: ‘Xingu’ review
★★★★☆ Setting up base camp in the Panorama programme at this year’s 62nd Berlinale, Cao Hamburger’s Xingu (2012) is an extremely engrossing, well-executed and well-meaning […]
Berlin 2012: ‘Mercy’ review
★★☆☆☆ One of the competition entries for the coveted Golden Bear at this year’s 62nd Berlinale (yet ultimately receiving no awards), Matthias Glasner’s Mercy (Gnade, […]
DVD Review: ‘Miss Bala’
★★★☆☆ A critical hit upon its BFI London Film Festival appearance last year (though predictably fairing less well at the UK box office), Gerardo Naranjo’s […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Her Private Hell’
★★★☆☆ Finally finding its way onto DVD and Blu-ray thanks to the BFI’s Flipside label, Norman J. Warren’s 1967 erotic drama Her Private Hell deserves […]
DVD Review: ‘Warrior’
★★★★☆ Those perplexed by grizzled mumbler Nick Nolte’s nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category at this year’s Academy Awards may well be among those […]