DocHouse Presents: When the Boys Return review
★★★☆☆ Life in occupied Palestine is always going provide an emotive base for a documentary, and this is certainly the case in Tone Andersen’s When the […]
Cannes 2013: ‘The Great Gatsby’ review
★★☆☆☆ Everyone understands that a Baz Luhrmann film – from the imagination that brought us Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge and Australia – means […]
Cannes 2013: Palme d’Or dark horses
In competition at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, French director Arnaud des Pallières’ Michael Kohlhaas is a 16th century revenge drama featuring a strong European […]
Cannes 2013: ‘The Great Gatsby’ preview
Having previously tackled the seductive world of competitive dance in Strictly Ballroom (1992), updated Bill Shakespeare’s most famous love story in Romeo + Juliet (1996), […]
Cannes 2013: ‘Llewyn Davis’ preview
There’s not an awful lot that gets the tongues of indie film fans a-wagging more than the approach of a new Coen brothers movie. After […]
Cannes 2013: ‘Only God Forgives’ preview
As the age-old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Frenetic director Nicolas Winding Refn has clearly taken this mantra to heart for […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Black Sabbath’
★★★★☆ Mario Bava’s playful portmanteau piece Black Sabbath (1963) is reissued by Arrow Video this week in a comprehensive two-disc set. Featuring three horrific tales […]
Interview: Hal Hartley, director of ‘Amateur’
Hal Hartley is one of the true originals of modern cinema. A consummate stylist, his work is erudite and eccentric, defiant in its singularity. After […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Amateur’
★★★★☆ The first in Artificial Eye’s long-awaited batch of Hal Hartley reissues, Amateur (1994) represents a mid-career high point for the indie legend. As ever, […]
Interview: Chris Kenneally, director of ‘Side by Side’
Side by Side (2012), the excellent documentary from Christopher Kenneally, arrives at a crucial time for the ever-evolving medium of cinema. Featuring stellar interviews with […]
DVD Review: ‘Side by Side’
★★★★☆ Christopher Kenneally’s Side by Side (2012) is a timely and level-headed look at the challenge the digital process presents to century-old photochemical filmmaking. Coming at […]