CineVue
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Les Enfants du Paradis’
★★★★★ Voted ‘The best French film ever made’ by the prestigious French Film Academy in 1995, the brand new 4K restored version of Marcel Carné’s 1945 classic Les Enfants du Paradis finally makes its way to Blu-ray this week after lighting up the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. An unmitigated masterpiece from start to finish, Carné’s…
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DVD Review: ‘Cloclo’
★★★☆☆ Adapting the astounding life of 1960s/70s French pop sensation Claude François (aka ‘Cloclo’) for the big screen was never going to be an easy task for any director, regardless of past experience in the area. Yet that was just the challenge taken up by filmmaker Florent Emillio Siri who stepped up to the plate…
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DVD Review: ‘London on the Move’ (BFI release)
★★★★☆ London on the Move, the tenth volume in the BFI’s bestselling double-DVD British Transport Films Collection, makes for fascinating viewing. This collection of short films, produced by the BTF Film Unit for London Transport during the post-war period of 1947 to 1983, shows not only the working day of the men and women whose…
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DVD Review: ‘A Woman Under the Influence’
★★★★☆ Regarded by many as John Cassavetes’ most successful and influential film, 1974’s A Woman Under the Influence is a sensitive portrait of a fractured domestic dynamic and a compelling examination of mental health. Rereleased this month on both DVD and Blu-ray courtesy of the BFI, A Woman Under the Influence remains one of the…
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DVD Review: ‘Ghost Stories from the BBC’ Vol. 3 & 4 (BFI release)
★★★★★ The BFI follow up their release earlier this year of Volumes 1 and 2 in the classic BBC Christmas Ghost Story series with six more blood chilling tales for cold winter nights, produced by Rosemary Hill and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and Derek Lister. As well as three stories from the master of…
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DVD Review: ‘Silent House’ (2011)
★★☆☆☆ From Chris Kentis and Laura Lau – the husband and wife creative force behind 2003’s taught aquatic horror Open Water – comes Silent House (2011), a US remake of Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernandez’s La Casa Muda (The Silent House, 2010). Starring rising star Elizabeth Olsen as the film’s tormented ‘damsel in distress’, this seemingly…
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DVD Review: ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’
★★★★★ Jason Segel, the epitome of the perennial ‘man-child’ type currently prevalent in American cinema, sums up and validates the persona as the eponymous Jeff, Who Lives At Home (2011), the latest offering from the Duplass brothers. After answering what seems to be wrong number call on the house phone, Jeff, who does indeed live…
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Avengers Assemble’
★★★★☆ Lining itself up against the might of both Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight and Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot this summer, Joss Whedon’s Avengers Assemble (2012) defied even the most optimistic of expectations by delivering a faithful, witty superhero ensemble piece that helped to erase memory of some of Marvel’s less accomplished recent outings. Successfully bringing…
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Sponsored Video: ‘Untouchable’ UK trailer
Eric Toledono and Olivier Nakache’s Weinstein-backed Oscar hopeful Untouchable (The Intouchables, 2011) receives its long-awaited UK cinema release this Friday (21 September) following huge box office takings in other territories around the world. Based on a true story, Untouchable recounts the blossoming relationship between wheelchair-bound French millionaire Philippe (François Cluzet) and his loyal carer Driss…
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Raindance Film Festival 2012: Programme announced
Hoping to capitalise on the success of a well-received 19th Raindance Film Festival back in 2011, the much-celebrated film furore celebrates its 20th year with a programme brimming with over 100 features and 138 shorts ( including 64 UK Premieres and 19 World Premieres). Taking place from 26 September to 7 October, Raindance 2012 returns…