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For the latest reviews of arthouse, documentary and indie film in cinemas and on the festival circuit.
On Tuesday night of this week, CineVue we honoured to be invited along to the UK premiere of Martin McDonagh’s new film Seven Psychopaths (2012) at The Oval, near Bethnal Green, London. The special gala event was hosted by Jameson Cult Film Club, who are celebrating Seven Psychopaths as a Continue Reading
Unlike other art forms, cinema is a collaborative process more than any other. It involves directors, editors, writers, artists, costumes designers to name but a few different cogs, each of whom contribute their own element to a production. When we go to the cinema, from the latest arthouse release to Continue Reading
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent game changer The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) received a welcome Masters of Cinema Dual Format rerelease this week, bundled with two very distinct versions of the film. To celebrate the eagerly awaited Continue Reading
Painstakingly restored from the original camera negative, Italian movie maestro Lucio Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters (Zombi 2, 1979) stands-out as one of the Arrow Video’s biggest ever (and best looking) restoration projects. This landmark horror release contains a wealth of special features, additional collector’s material, and never-before-seen extras. To celebrate the DVD Continue Reading
After half a century of fighting bad guys and getting the girl, the adventures of the world’s greatest spy are now available together on DVD for the first time with Bond 50. From Sean Connery’s first appearance as 007 in 1962, through iconic villains, seductive vixens and Q’s gadgets, the Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Jonathan Blow, developer of the hugely popular Braid, once said: “Let me take my deepest flaws and vulnerabilities, put them in the game, and see what happens.” Chronicling the figures at the forefront of the ‘indie game’ revolution, Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky’s Indie Game: The Movie (2012) focuses Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Somewhat unfortunately released in cinemas at a time when sympathy for the Israeli military is perilously low, Eytan Fox’s melancholic romance Yossi (2012) – the belated follow-up to his own Yossi and Jagger (2002) – is a surprisingly touching story of loss and rekindled sexuality. Featuring a sensual soundtrack Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Finding its way into selected UK cinemas this week despite a minuscule £55,000 budget, Scottish filmmaker David Barras’ comic book/film noir homage Electric Man (2012) certainly deserves credit for its endearing lightheartedness and flashes of quality – even if the final results fail to ever really impress as a Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Winner of the Queer Palm at this year’s Cannes and Best Canadian Feature at Toronto, 23-year auteur in the making Xavier Dolan offers us an unconventional love story in Laurence Anyways (2012), demonstrating the pitfalls of his unrestrained approach to filmmaking. The opening shot shows the staunch strut of Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ One of the founding members of the Dogme 95 movement, Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has struggled to match the monumental heights of his devastatingly powerful debut tale of domestic catharsis, Festen (1998). However, with The Hunt (Jagten, 2012), Vinterberg has once again found himself in the spotlight after receiving Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Outside Academy Awards hopeful Trouble with the Curve (2012), helmed by Clint Eastwood’s longstanding producer and friend Robert Lorenz who now directs the aforementioned American cinema icon, is a token sports-cum-family drama about the woes of a legendary, ailing baseball scout now entering the twilight years of his illustrious career. Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Charles Dickens and Christmas go together like holly and ivy, or Nigella Lawson and a festive lunch. With that in mind, the release of British director Mike Newell’s new adaptation of Dickens’ much-loved literary classic, Great Expectations (2012), couldn’t be timelier. Sadly, however, it could have been better. This Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ From DreamWorks Animation, the studio which brought us the Shrek franchise and 2010’s How to Train Your Dragon comes Rise of the Guardians (2012), a 3D computer animated fantasy adventure which, thanks to its collection of magical childhood heroes, should find itself a popular choice amongst younger viewers this Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Following on from 2011’s occult horror Kill List, in which two contract killers mercilessly slaughtered their way through an assortment of sinister individuals, director Ben Wheatley obviously felt the need for some levity in his career. When comedians Alice Lowe and Steve Oram approached him with their idea for Continue Reading
This week, CineVue is partnering with the 2012 Nordic Film Festival to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Thomas Vinterberg’s first (and arguably best) film, the inaugural Dogme 95 outing Festen (The Celebration, 1998). The confrontational feature, which provides a frank and Continue Reading