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...
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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: ‘Beyond the Hills’
★★★★☆ Awarded the coveted Palme d’Or prize back in 2007 for the desperately melancholic, Bucharest-set 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, acclaimed Romanian...
Film Review: ‘Shell’
★★★★☆ Eschewing the type of gritty social realism commonly associated with regional British cinema in favour of an aesthetically heightened approach, Scott Graham’s directorial...
DVD Review: ‘Special Effects Titan’
★★★☆☆ When one thinks of stop motion animation, industry legend Ray Harryhausen (alongside, for Brits at least, Aardman’s Nick Park) would probably be the...
Film Review: ‘Side Effects’
★★★★☆ 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...
DVD Review: ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’
★★★★☆ 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...
Blu-ray Review: ‘Onibaba’
★★★★☆ A fitting tribute to the late director Kaneto Shindō, who sadly passed away in May of last year at the age of 100,...
Oscars 2013: ‘Argo’ wins Best Picture, ‘Pi’ scoops four
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,...
