DVD Review: ‘Barbara’
★★★★☆ Winner of the Silver Bear prize at last year’s Berlinale and directed by acclaimed German filmmaker Christian Petzold (Yella, Beats Being Dead), Barbara...
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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: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
★★★★☆ Jostling for UK box office attention this week alongside Steven Spielberg’s awards magnet Lincoln (2012), Kathryn Bigelow’s divisive drama Zero Dark Thirty (2012)...
Film Review: ‘Lincoln’
★★★★☆ Nominated for an unrivalled 12 Oscars in the run-up to this year’s Academy Awards and starring Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, Steven...
Film Review: ‘What Richard Did’
★★★☆☆ Directed by Lenny Abrahamson and featuring a striking lead turn from newcomer Jack Reynor, Irish morality tale What Richard Did (2012) may never...
Baftas 2013: Mendes’ ‘Skyfall’ most nominated
Live-streamed to the world earlier this morning at bafta.org, the official nominations for the 2013 Baftas were revealed by rising British stars Alice Eve...
DVD Review: ‘Crossfire Hurricane’
★★★★☆ The Rolling Stones – messianic anti-moss-gatherers or piratical pariahs – how best should they be remembered? American director Brett Morgen (highly regarded for...
Special Feature: LSFF10 returns to the nation’s capital
London’s finest short film festival, the LSFF, returns once again this year for its 10th incarnation (4-13 January), a decade on from its inaugural...
Special Feature: The Most Anticipated Films of 2013
Happy New Year and welcome to 2013 one and all! The last twelve months truly offered something for all cinematic tastes, with barn-storming Hollywood...
