Film Review: Ben-Hur
★★★☆☆ A long time ago, in a pre-Christian moral universe far far away, there were two brothers. One a Jewish prince, the other a Roman […]
Film Review: David Brent: Life on the Road
★★★☆☆ It may not come as too much of a surprise to learn that David Brent can’t quite carry an entire feature film all on […]
Film Review: Wiener-Dog
★★★★☆ If you’re in the business of selling dog food, you’ll know that dog owners are in the habit of projecting their own personality onto […]
Film Review: Star Trek Beyond
★☆☆☆☆ If you go out into the furthest reaches of Star Trek’s filmography you’ll be in for an unsettling discovery – the final frontier looks […]
Film Review: Maggie’s Plan
★★★★☆ The Weltanschauung of New York’s upper-middle intelligentsia is almost custom built for a good run- a-round comedy of manners. Rebecca Miller’s latest film, Maggie’s […]
DVD Review: Edvard Munch
★★★☆☆ Edvard Munch’s paintings were critically savaged in his lifetime. His preference for personal expression over natural representation shocked an art world not yet ready […]
Film Review: A Hologram for the King
★★☆☆☆ You may find yourself with a weak script, borrowing cultural currency from a song written over thirty years ago, shooting a film, in another […]
Film Review: I Saw the Light
★★☆☆☆ To hear ’em sing with a heavy heart don’t half tear you up. What a shame then, that I Saw The Light delivers none […]
Interview: Marc Abraham
Marc Abraham’s career has known box office success as well as critical lionising, with films such as Children of Men and Spy Game standing out […]
Film Review: Miles Ahead
★★★★☆ 2004 must seem like a long time ago for Don Cheadle – whose lead performance in that year’s Hotel Rwanda won wide acclaim for […]
DVD Review: The Great Passions
★★★★☆ British director Ken Russell passed away in 2011 leaving behind a life’s work devoted to filmmaking at its most exuberant and vital. Russell made […]
DVD Review: Wild Orchid
★★☆☆☆ If Wikipedia is to be believed, the orchid family is one of the two largest families of flowering plants known to man; they’re everywhere, […]
DVD Review: 99 Homes
★★★★☆ The latest film by director Ramin Bahrani is a modern day parable about money and the breadline, a tale of those who do their […]
DVD Review: Love
★★☆☆☆ Let’s get one thing white and semi-transparent: Gaspar Noé’s latest film Love is not for the easily-embarrassed. His previous films have examined ego-dissolving drug […]
Film Review: The Danish Girl
★★★☆☆ Tom Hooper has made several films about men playing roles. 2009’s The Damned United concerned the managerial exploits of Brian Clough (Martin Sheen), a […]
Film Review: The Forbidden Room
★★★★☆ Do you believe in the power of pure befuddlement? If you do then prepare for some festive deranging because Guy Maddin’s latest film is […]
DVD Review: ‘By Our Selves’
★★★☆☆ At the age of just 44, English poet John Clare began to suffer from a severe mental illness which ultimately resulted in him being […]
Film Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago’
★★★★☆ As part of their ongoing Love season and to celebrate 50 years since the film’s release, the BFI have undergone a 4K digital restoration […]