CineVue
For the latest reviews of arthouse, documentary and indie film in cinemas and on the festival circuit.
★★★★☆ Renowned horror auteur George A. Romero moved out of his comfort zone with Knightriders, a weirdly touching and wonderfully offbeat drama from 1981, which defies categorisation in many ways. At its heart, there’s an Easy Rider-like study of free-spirited, principled ideals within an increasingly conformist and capitalist society. A Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ It’s almost impossible for non-Italians to understand the irresistible rise of Silvio Berlusconi. The tendency is often to write him off with the usual Mediterranean stereotypes or see him as a grotesque figure of fun – Charlie Brooker’s assessment, “an ejaculating penis with an Italian Prime Minister attached”, is Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Having slunk onto UK screens for the first time last year – presumably to pre-empt the release later in 2013 of Brian De Palma’s English language remake Passion (2012) – French director Alain Corneau’s Love Crime (Crime d’amour, 2010) is a muddled and ultimately unsatisfying attempt at making a Continue Reading