Venice 2011: ‘Shame’ review
★★★★☆ British director Steve McQueen was first in Venice back in 2009, donning his artist’s hat and representing the UK at the Biennale Art Exhibition. Two […]
BFI London Film Festival 2011: Preview
The BFI today announced the full programme for this year’s 55th BFI London Film Festival, which takes place between 12-27 October. The undoubted highlights of […]
Venice 2011: ‘Wuthering Heights’ review
★★☆☆☆ If you have been waiting for Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights (2011) – which screened today at the 2011 Venice Film Festival – because you’re […]
Venice 2011: ‘Dark Horse’ review
★★★☆☆ Todd Solondz writes and directs Dark Horse (2011), in competition at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of kidult Abe (Jordan […]
Venice 2011: ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ review
★★★★★ Fresh from its premiere at the 2011 Venice Film Festival, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) is without doubt the finest film of 2011 so […]
FrightFest 2011: ‘The Dead’ review
★★☆☆☆ Howard J. Ford’s The Dead (2010) – starring Rob Freeman and Prince David Oseia – takes the zombie film to the vast and parched […]
FrightFest 2011: ‘Kill List’ review
★★★★★ With Kill List (2011), Ben Wheatley (director of the critically acclaimed Down Terrace [2009]) has created this year’s most horrendously violent and bizarrely surreal […]
FrightFest 2011: ‘Fright Night’ review
★★★☆☆ Craig Gillespie’s Fright Night (2011) follows the recent Hollywood fascination for re-imaginings with this remake of Tom Holland’s original 1985 cult favourite. Starring Colin […]
FrightFest 2011: ‘Panic Button’ review
★★★☆☆ UK director Chris Crow follows up his debut feature Devil’s Bridge (2010) with Panic Button (2011), which screened at this year’s Film4 FrightFest. When […]
FrightFest 2011: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ review
★★★☆☆ Apparently, Guillermo del Toro has been itching to make this one for years. In his youth, John Newland’s 1973 haunted house tale became a […]
FrightFest 2011: ‘Rabies’ review
★★★★☆ In Latin, the word rabies translates literally as ‘madness’; something the pretty girls and boys visiting this deserted woodland could never have imagined. Aharon […]
FrightFest 2011: ‘Troll Hunter’ review
★★☆☆☆ In the run-up to its Saturday screening at this year’s Film4 FrightFest, I can exclusively reveal that Norwegian mockumentary Troll Hunter (2010) revolves around […]
Venice Film Festival 2011: Preview
The 68th Venice Film Festival kicks off at the end of this month (31 August) with a whole host of world premieres including Tomas Alfredson’s […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011: Alternative roundup
It has been little over half a year since the last Sheffield Doc/Fest, and while the impetus for the move to June was somewhat undermined […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011: Festival roundup
Sheffield Doc/Fest has rightly won a reputation for being one of the most important aspects of the documentary film calendar for industry professionals and fans […]