★☆☆☆☆ You could be forgiven for thinking that a film entitled The Reverend (2011) would be a life affirming experience. Unfortunately, the new indie Brit horror written and directed by Neil Jones and starring Stuart Brennan, Tamer Hassan, Rutger Hauer and Doug Bradley is devoid of any such saving grace Continue Reading
★★★★☆ In competition for the Palme d’Or and one of the most anticipated American entries of the 65th Cannes Film Festival, Andrew Dominik returns with Killing Them Softly (2012), a sharp, noirish thriller which gave an already rain-soaked Cannes a slick masterclass in how genre movies should be done. Adapted Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Some have compared Sheldon Larry’s original musical Leave It on the Floor (2011) to Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole, as audiences delve into the wild subculture of LA’s Ball Culture. Yet somehow, it feels all the more appropriate to quote Dorothy: “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas Continue Reading
This week, the BFI’s newly re-launched Sight & Sound magazine crowned Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo as the new king of its ‘Greatest Films of All Time’ poll, ending the 50-year reign of Orson Welles’ magnificent Citizen Kane. 846 film critics, academics, distributors, writers and programmers were invited to put forward their Continue Reading
★★★★☆ After surprising many by winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary this year, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s tale of an underprivileged community’s poorly funded football program dramatic rise to prominence, Undefeated (2011) finally arrives in UK cinemas. Manassas, Tennessee used to be a town with a thriving industry, Continue Reading
