BFI London Film Festival 2012: ‘Children of Sarajevo’ review
★★★☆☆ Winner of the Un Certain Regard award at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, Aida Begic’s Children of Sarajevo (Djeca, 2012) is a tightly-focused drama, […]
BFI London Film Festival 2012: ‘Frankenweenie 3D’ review
★★☆☆☆ Given the relatively easy task of besting last year’s abysmal London Film Festival opener, Fernando Meirelles’ 360 (2011), Tim Burton unveils his latest effort […]
BFI London Film Festival 2012: ‘Le Grand Soir’ review
★★★☆☆ Following last year’s underwhelming Mammuth (2010), directors Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern present their latest oddball comedy Le Grand Soir (2012) in the […]
BFI London Film Festival 2012: ‘Helter Skelter’ review
★★☆☆☆ Directed by former photographer Mika Ninagawa, Helter Skelter (2012) is based on the 2003 manga of the same name and tells the story of […]
BFI London Film Festival 2012: ‘Normal School’ review
★★★☆☆ LFF veteran Celina Murga returns to the festival this year (after previous appearances in 2003 and 2008) with non-fiction outing Normal School (Escuela Normal, […]
Film Review: ‘Radioman’
★★★☆☆ With a growing Hollywood resume that now includes Roland Emmerich’s Godzilla (1998), Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) and R-Patz flick Remember Me (2010) (to name […]
Film Review: Private Peaceful
★★★☆☆ Pat O’Connor’s Private Peaceful (2012) is a finely-told story of two young brothers, battling the ups n downs of childhood, the confusion and difficulties […]
Film Review: ‘Hit and Run’
★☆☆☆☆ Hit and Run (2012) is one of the many films spawned under the influence of broad, masculine-driven US comedies like 2009’s The Hangover, where […]
Film Review: ‘Pusher’ (2012)
★★★☆☆ Drugs and gangster films are becoming more and more commonplace in British cinema. The latest is Pusher (2012) – Luis Prieto’s British remake of […]
Film Review: ‘Hotel Transylvania’
★★★☆☆ Hotel Transylvania (2012), the latest animated feature from Sony Pictures Animation starring the voice talents of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg and Selena […]
Film Review: ‘On the Road’
★★☆☆☆ Jack Kerouac’s semi autobiographical novel On the Road captured the spirit of a generation, so telling it in film was never going to be […]
Film Review: ‘Ruby Sparks’
★★★★☆ Rarely do films about writers/writing successfully capture the creative process. However, married directorial duo Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris manage to hit the nail […]