★★★★☆ Regarded by many as John Cassavetes’ most successful and influential film, 1974’s A Woman Under the Influence is a sensitive portrait of a fractured domestic dynamic and a compelling examination of mental health. Rereleased this month on both DVD and Blu-ray courtesy of the BFI, A Woman Under the Continue Reading
★★★★★ The BFI follow up their release earlier this year of Volumes 1 and 2 in the classic BBC Christmas Ghost Story series with six more blood chilling tales for cold winter nights, produced by Rosemary Hill and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and Derek Lister. As well as three Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ From Chris Kentis and Laura Lau – the husband and wife creative force behind 2003’s taught aquatic horror Open Water – comes Silent House (2011), a US remake of Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernandez’s La Casa Muda (The Silent House, 2010). Starring rising star Elizabeth Olsen as the film’s tormented Continue Reading
★★★★★ Jason Segel, the epitome of the perennial ‘man-child’ type currently prevalent in American cinema, sums up and validates the persona as the eponymous Jeff, Who Lives At Home (2011), the latest offering from the Duplass brothers. After answering what seems to be wrong number call on the house phone, Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Lining itself up against the might of both Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight and Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot this summer, Joss Whedon’s Avengers Assemble (2012) defied even the most optimistic of expectations by delivering a faithful, witty superhero ensemble piece that helped to erase memory of some of Marvel’s less Continue Reading
Eric Toledono and Olivier Nakache’s Weinstein-backed Oscar hopeful Untouchable (The Intouchables, 2011) receives its long-awaited UK cinema release this Friday (21 September) following huge box office takings in other territories around the world. Based on a true story, Untouchable recounts the blossoming relationship between wheelchair-bound French millionaire Philippe (François Cluzet) Continue Reading