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Pioneered last summer by a group of dedicated individuals seemingly compelled to bringing classic and cult films to unusual London spaces, the Rooftop Film Club merges wireless headsets, comfy seats and blankets, films, food and drink […]
★★★☆☆ German director Sabine Bernardi explores the unfamiliar with her feature directorial debut Romeos (2011), a touching if slightly tame insight into a male-to-female transgender forced to come to terms with the heartache that comes with […]
★★☆☆☆ For the third time, British director Michael Winterbottom once again attempts to breathe cinematic life into the works of 19th century author Thomas Hardy, one of the countries most beloved writers. Having previously adapted Jude […]
★★★★☆ From the pen of acclaimed crime writer James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential) and the lens of Academy Award-nominated director Oren Moverman comes Rampart (2011), a dirty cop drama set against the backdrop of 1990s Los Angeles. […]
★★★★☆ Directed by filmmaking duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Sony Pictures action-comedy 21 Jump Street (2012) functions well as more that simply an irksome 1980s nostalgia-fest, a fate that has befallen far too many American comedies of similar […]
★★★★★ The majestic Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2010) showcases Palme d’Or nominee Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s remarkable ability to tap into Turkish culture, whilst simultaneously creating something sublimely beautiful and profound. Opening with a painterly […]
★★☆☆☆ If you’re feeling unfit this summer whilst watching young nubile Olympians race around the track and feel it’s time you had a work-out, forget skipping down to you local over-priced gym. The arduous endurance test […]
On Wednesday 4 July, Americans, Brits and a whole load of South Africans gathered in the grand Troxy building in Limehouse, London for a top secret Future Cinema screening. Advised to bring a mixed tape or […]
★★★☆☆ The second feature from British director Francis Lea (and part of the successful Microwave film funding scheme), Strawberry Fields (2012) is a powerful, at times twisted drama surrounding two emotionally dysfunctional sisters who are in […]
★★★★☆ With Len Wiseman’s Total Recall (2012) remake due to hit screens this August, StudioCanal’s cinematic rerelease of Paul Verhoeven’s original adaptation of the Philip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale […]
★★★★☆ Australian director Daniel Nettheim adapts fellow countryman Julia Leigh’s philosophical thriller The Hunter (2011), in what is a compelling, if flawed, debut feature. Gun-for-hire Martin (Willem Dafoe) is sent to the wilds of Tasmania by […]
★★★★☆ In one of her performance pieces, Serbian artist Marina Abramović lies totally naked, having eaten a kilo of honey and drunk a litre of wine. She carves a pentagram onto her stomach with a razor, […]
When researching this particular article, we came to realise just what hugely contested debates this subject area can turn out. Everyone seems to have their favourite movie vehicle, largely depending on their age and also the […]
★★★☆☆ “It’s not how hard you play, it’s where you put it”, flourishes 85-year-old Lisa Modlich with an acknowledgement towards the cameraman. Since her inaugural table tennis medal in 1992, the octogenarian Modlich has gone on to vanquish around 150 more […]
★★★★☆ If somebody were to ask you to look into a mirror, you’re not always guaranteed to like what you see reflected. US director Bobcat Goldthwait’s savage social commentary God Bless America (2011) not only attacks […]