Film Review: ‘Papadopoulos & Sons’
★★☆☆☆ Despite the best intentions, Marcus Markou’s family affair Papadopoulos & Sons (2012) – made in conjunction with brother, Andrew, through Double M Films...
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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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Film Review: ‘Spring Breakers’
★★★★☆ A fluorescent, hypnotic orgy of guns, girls, drugs and electro, American indie cinema’s enfant terrible Harmony Korine eschews the low budget trappings of...
DVD Review: ‘Room 237’
★★★☆☆ Beginning with a lengthy disclaimer distancing itself from the evidently non-plussed Stanley Kubrick estate, Rodney Ascher’s theory-laden docu-essay Room 237 (2012) falls somewhere...
Film Review: ‘Trance’
★★★☆☆ Having transfixed global audiences last summer with his Brunel-led London Olympics opening ceremony, it’s evolution not revolution for industrious director Danny Boyle with...
Film Review: ‘In the House’
★★★☆☆ The refined, if slightly aloof new offering from French director François Ozon, In the House (Dans la maison, 2012) initially impresses thanks to...
DVD Review: ‘Baise-moi’
★☆☆☆☆ Infamous for its scenes of graphic real sex juxtaposed with acts of brutal violence (the latter thankfully simulated), Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh...
DVD Review: ‘Great Expectations’
★★☆☆☆ Having only just received yet another lavish adaptation by the Beeb several years ago, 2012 seemed a strange year for British director Mike Newell...
Film Review: ‘Neighbouring Sounds’
★★★★☆ Neighbouring Sounds (2012) is Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s narrative feature debut, his previous stint behind the camera being Critico (2008), a documentary...
