Special Feature: Cinema’s greatest movie vehicles
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 […]
Film Review: ‘Ping Pong’
★★★☆☆ “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 […]
Film Review: ‘God Bless America’
★★★★☆ 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 […]
Film Review: ‘Quatermass and the Pit’
★★★★★ The sci-fi cult classic Quatermass and the Pit (1967), directed by long-time Amicus and Hammer director Roy Ward Baker (who sadly died last year) […]
Film Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
★★★☆☆ After superseding a failed attempt at getting Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 off the ground (with both Raimi and Maguire unwilling to commit to Columbia’s […]
Film Review: ‘You’ve Been Trumped’
★★★★☆ Anthony Baxter’s immensely compelling (and infuriating) low-budget documentary You’ve Been Trumped (2011) begins with a well-placed clip from Bill Forsyth’s acclaimed Scottish comedy-drama Local […]
DVD Review: ‘Hell’ (2011)
★★☆☆☆ Hell (2011), the new sci-fi / horror from producer German-born Roland Emmerich and director Tim Fehlbaum, is undeniably aptly-titled. For the viewer, to watch […]
DVD Review: ‘Requiem for a Killer’
★☆☆☆☆ Writer-director Jérôme Le Gris’ debut feature Requiem for a Killer (2011) is a laughably bad thriller from beginning to end, focusing on the last […]
DVD Review: Sky Atlantic’s ‘Hit & Miss’
★★★☆☆ American actress Chloë Sevigny stars as a contract killer with a big secret in Sky Atlantic’s Hit & Miss (2012), the channel’s first original […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘King of New York’
★★★★☆ Abel Ferrara’s typically hard-edged crime drama King of New York (1990) finally gets the rerelease it deserves from the ever reliable Arrow Entertainment this […]
DVD Review: ‘Tape 407’
★☆☆☆☆ What do you say about a film which is so inept that the experience of sitting through it is frankly excruciating. Tape 407 (2011), […]
DVD Review: ‘Cleanskin’
★☆☆☆☆ The problem with making a counter-terrorism film in a world that has already experienced Jack Bauer is that, in its eight seasons, 24 covered […]
DVD Review: ‘Project X’
★☆☆☆☆ Let’s be blunt: Nima Nourizadeh’s Project X (2012) may well be the worst film of the year so far. It opens on a sweater-vested […]
DVD Review: ‘Margaret’
★★★★☆ Acting as conclusive evidence that getting a film distributed can often be the most difficult stage of the process, Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret (2011) – […]
EIFF 2012: ‘Small Creatures’ review
★★☆☆☆ Martin Wallace’s debut feature Small Creatures (2010) is a gritty slice of adolescent social realism that, whilst rich in striking imagery and visual metaphors, […]
EIFF 2012: ‘The Mirror Never Lies’ review
★★★★☆ Kamila Andini’s extraordinarily assured debut feature The Mirror Never Lies (2012) is a beautifully lyrical and exquisitely picturesque coming-of-age story regarding the difficulties of […]
EIFF 2012: Award winners and festival roundup
The sun has now set on the 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival and with the newly-reinstated award strand winners confirmed, all that remains is to […]