Film Review: ‘Summer in February’
★★☆☆☆ Hoping, no doubt, to capitalise on the recent international success of ITV’s Downton Abbey and other successful historical dramas on the big screen comes […]
Film Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
★★★★☆ After delivering a barnstorming superhero flick with Avengers Assemble (2012), Joss Whedon took the curious decision to adapt William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Simple Men’
★★★★☆ “There’s nothing but trouble and desire” repeats one individual in Simple Men (1992). Occurring at the midpoint of the film, it’s an accurate précis […]
DVD Review: ‘Michael H. Profession: Director’
★★★☆☆ The films of Michael Haneke are often so steeped in ambiguity and intrigue that the very idea of shedding light on the methods of […]
DVD Review: ‘For Love’s Sake’
★★★☆☆ Western fans of Japanese cinema will be well aware of director Takashi Miike, having created ripples of excitement with Audition (1999) and 13 Assassins […]
DVD Review: ‘Beyond the Hills’
★★★★☆ It’s been a remarkable decade for Romanian cinema. While Cristi Puiu and Corneliu Porumboiu both delivered impressive works with The Death of Mr. Lazarescu […]
DVD Review: ‘Chasing Ice’
★★★★☆ James Balog is a photographer whose work has always revolved around the relationship between humanity and nature. After working on imagery that explored humanity’s […]