Film Review: ‘After Tiller’
★★★☆☆ A long overdue foray into the hugely controversial debate on late-term abortion in the Unites States, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller...
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17 October 2024
#LFF 2024: It’s Not Me review
★★★★☆ A swift but singular filmmaking self-portrait, Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me reflects on the French auteur’s 40-year directorial career, as well as his many cinematic – and canine – influences.
10 October 2024
#LFF 2024: Conclave review
★★★★☆ Ralph Fiennes approaches top form as a spiritually and morally-conflicted cardinal during a Vatican Conclave in Edward Berger’s gripping, oft-humorous follow-up to the multi-Oscar-winning All Quiet On the Western Front.
11 March 2024
Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer sweeps the board
The winners of this year’s 96th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
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DVD Review: ‘The Taste of Money’
★★☆☆☆ No stranger to tales of domestic intrigue, South Korean director Im Sang-soo follows up 2010’s well-received The Housemaid with the not-so-well-received The Taste...
Film Review: ‘La Belle et la Bête’
★★★★☆ Cited by numerous contemporary fantasy filmmakers – Mexican maestro Guillermo del Toro included – as a major influence on their own consequent bodies...
Film Review: ‘American Hustle’
★★★★☆ Amalgamating the best aspects of previous films The Fighter (2010) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012) whilst dispensing with a lot of the emotional...
Film Review: ‘Age of Uprising’
★★☆☆☆ One of the more eyebrow-raising nominees for last year’s Cannes Palme d’Or, French director Arnaud des Pallières’ Age of Uprising: The Legend of...
Special Feature: The must-see films of 2014
Happy New Year and a warm welcome to 2014! The last twelve months have offered up some mighty fine works to suit all cinematic...
Special Feature: The Best Films of 2013
The end is nigh! After some spectacular highs (that party scene in Paolo Sorrentino’s majestic The Great Beauty) and some ludicrous lows (Oliver Hirschbiegel’s...
Blu-ray Review: ‘Jurassic Park’
★★★★★ Sixty-five million years in the making, Steven Spielberg’s spectacular 1993 dinosaur romp Jurassic Park returns to Blu-ray this week thanks to a brand...
