Blu-ray Review: ‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’
★★★☆☆ On the surface, revered American filmmaker John Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a meandering, almost impenetrable tale of sweaty strip joints […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘The Car’
★★☆☆☆ Elliot Silverstein’s 1977 cult horror The Car, which stars James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley and Ronny Cox, is one of those obscure films […]
DVD Review: ‘Static’
★★★☆☆ An exercise in atmosphere and tension is given an interesting twist in Static (2012), a solid little shocker which is certainly a cut above […]
DVD Review: ‘Flying Blind’
★★★☆☆ Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s assured debut feature Flying Blind (2012), starring Helen McCrory, Najib Oudghiri and Kenneth Cranham, is a political thriller with a sting in […]
DVD Review: ‘Glastonbury: The Movie in Flashback’
★★★☆☆ It’s been mere weeks since the 2013 edition of the Glastonbury Festival ended – the cows are not yet back in the hallowed fields […]