Film Review: ‘Gambit’
★★★☆☆ A remake of the 1966 film of the same name starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine, Michael Hoffman’s Gambit (2012) is a pleasantly...
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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: ‘A Simple Life’
★★★★☆ This year’s other great work about the hardships of old age and the inevitability of death – released in UK cinemas several months...
Film Review: ‘The Master’
★★★★★ After a five year hiatus (following 2007’s oily Oscar winner There Will Be Blood), idolised American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson returns this year...
Blu-ray Review: ‘Être et Avoir’
★★★★☆ Marking its 10th anniversary with a special Blu-ray rerelease, French director Nicolas Philibert’s award-winning Être et Avoir (To Be and to Have, 2002)...
DVD Review: ‘The Castle’
★★★☆☆ Cannily released by arthouse distributors Artificial Eye in the same week as the Austrian auteur’s 2012 Palme d’Or winner Amour, Michael Haneke’s made...
DVD Review: ‘Margin Call’
★★★★☆ Oscar-nominated for its engrossing original screenplay and featuring one of the year’s most impressive ensemble casts – including acting heavyweights Kevin Spacey, Paul...
Film Review: ‘Aurora’
★★★☆☆ Cast out onto the festival scrapheap following its divisive 2010 Cannes debut, Cristi Puiu’s three-hour Romanian drama Aurora (2010) makes its way to...
DVD Review: ‘Santa Sangre’
★★★★☆ An unmitigated, bloody spectacle from start to finish, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s cult classic Santa Sangre (Holy Blood, 1989) recaptured the imagination of...
