Blu-ray Review: ‘Tess’
★★★☆☆ Following on from their retrospective earlier in the year, this week the BFI rerelease Roman Polanski’s award-winning period drama Tess (1979) on DVD...
★★★★☆ 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.
★★★★☆ 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.
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.
★★★☆☆ Following on from their retrospective earlier in the year, this week the BFI rerelease Roman Polanski’s award-winning period drama Tess (1979) on DVD...
★★★★☆ Awarded the coveted Palme d’Or prize back in 2007 for the desperately melancholic, Bucharest-set 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, acclaimed Romanian...
★★★★☆ Eschewing the type of gritty social realism commonly associated with regional British cinema in favour of an aesthetically heightened approach, Scott Graham’s directorial...
★★★☆☆ When one thinks of stop motion animation, industry legend Ray Harryhausen (alongside, for Brits at least, Aardman’s Nick Park) would probably be the...
★★★★☆ Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh’s ongoing retirement from feature filmmaking has become something of a running industry joke in recent years, with his departure...
★★★★☆ Hoping to capitalise on the UK’s ongoing love affair with Japanese cuisine, David Gelb’s quiet, yet engrossing debut documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi...
★★★★☆ A fitting tribute to the late director Kaneto Shindō, who sadly passed away in May of last year at the age of 100,...
After four hours of pomp and prestige, last night’s/this morning’s 85th Academy Awards finally offered up a full roster of Oscar winners. As predicted,...