★★☆☆☆ With enough opening jump cuts to give Baz Lurhmann a minor epileptic spasm, Michele Placido’s steely French crime thriller The Lookout (Le Guetteur, 2012) is a Parisian pileup of supersonic, neo-thriller folly. Parading two undisputed talents, Daniel Auteuil and Mathieu Kassovitz, the stars wheeze through scenes with desperate gusto, Continue Reading
★☆☆☆☆ Stuart Urban’s May I Kill U? (2012) is a low budget British feature so inherently dreadful that it very nearly defies description. There is really nothing to say in favour of this woefully inept, classless ‘horror’ bore – though arguably calling it as such only serves to sully the Continue Reading
★★★★☆ David Gelb’s study of one of the greatest living sushi shokunin, Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012), may appear like an unnecessary documentary to appear amongst the winter schedule. However, behind this elegantly composed study of Japanese culinary culture lies a heartwarming tale of empathy and a serene meditation on Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Scott Leberecht’s lo-fi horror Midnight Son (2011) follows Jacob (Zak Kilberg), an anaemic young man with a problem – no matter what he eats he is always starving. Added to that is the fact that he is plagued by a condition which causes his skin to burn upon contact Continue Reading