CineVue
For the latest reviews of arthouse, documentary and indie film in cinemas and on the festival circuit.
★★☆☆☆ Written by and starring The Social Network’s Rashida Jones along with fellow co-star Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) is a post-modern and (at times) comic twist on contemporary relationships, directed by Lee Toland Krieger. The opening photo-montage shows us that Jesse (Andy Samberg) and Celeste (Jones) were Continue Reading
★☆☆☆☆ Adapted from Alfred de Musset’s 1836 autobiographical novel of the same name and premiered at Cannes, Sylvie Verheyde’s Confession of a Child of the Century (2012) sees the acting debut of former Libertine Pete Doherty, who joins a long line of successful musicians and pop stars who have become Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ With a background in television production, Barnaby Southcombe’s Brit-noir adaptation I, Anna (2012) is the director’s first feature. Yet aspects of its style and finished tone display hallmarks of a rather accomplished production, even if the film itself – despite a typically beautiful performance from the wondrous Charlotte Rampling Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Award-winning writer and director Martin McDonagh returns this week with the weight of expectation falling upon his difficult second feature, hoping to emulate both the critical and commercial success of debut film In Bruges (2008). Colin Farrell returns to the fold, this time as a cipher for McDonagh himself, Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Our love of traditional and vintage styles, both of which have slowly come back into mainstream fashion today, has become something of a mini revolution in recent times. Clothes, food and music have gone full circle to confirm how history reintroduces itself to modern life, and proves how we Continue Reading