DVD Review: ‘The Hammer and Tongs Collection’
★★★☆☆ Anyone with even a passing interest in the world of film and music videos will no doubt be familiar with the work of...
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12 April 2023
Film Review: Raging Bull
★★★★★ A sporting biopic unlike any other, Martin Scorsese’s astonishing masterpiece Raging Bull is surely one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. Although many rightly claim it to be the greatest sports movie of all time, Raging Bull’s praise should not merely be confined to one genre, as it is unquestionably one of the finest pieces ever committed to film.
26 November 2013
DVD Review: ‘The World’s End’
★★★★☆ Marking the third and concluding instalment of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto trilogy, The World’s End (2013) serves up a superb concoction of sharp dialogue...
30 September 2013
DVD Review: ‘The Walking Dead: Season 3’
★★★★☆ Having seemingly taken on board the various criticisms levelled at season two for its lack of action and, at times, pedestrian pacing, AMC’s...
Daniel Gumble
Barbican Film: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Blackmail’
When considering the many great works of Alfred Hitchcock, the title Blackmail (1929) is, for many, not one that would immediately spring to mind....
Film Review: ‘Mary and Max’
★★★★★ In recent years there has been a rapid decline in the output of clay animation films. This would appear to be due to...
LFF 2010: ‘The American’ review
★★☆☆☆ As an artist known primarily for his work as a music video director and band photographer, Anton Corbijn’s latest project The American (2010),...
LFF 2010: ‘Leap Year’ review
★☆☆☆☆ A depiction of intense loneliness and psychosexual torture, Michael Rowe’s minimalist debut feature Leap Year (Año bisiesto, 2010) raises many a difficult question with regards to...
Raindance Film Festival 2010: ‘Rebels Without a Clue’
With debut feature Rebels Without a Clue (2009), director and writer Ian Vernon attempts to blend elements of so-called gritty social-realism with black humour,...
