Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Like its adaptor Caleb Lewis, I first encountered Craig Davidson’s story collection RUST & BONE in 2007 when Picador published the volume here.
Like Caleb, I was arrested by Craig’s physical phrasing, sinewy prose and muscular narrative. On the page
After the overblown Mumbai jumbai of LIFE OF PI and the atrocious vanity of JACK REACHER, the first half decent film of 2013 has arrived.
HITCHCOCK (M) has Anthony Hopkins playing the portly film maker Alfred Hitchcock at the time
Traditionally a big day at the box office, Boxing Day offers the directorial debut of two time Academy Award winning actor, Dustin Hoffman.
QUARTET (M) seems a curious choice for the septuagenarian budding director to choose to bust his director’s …
We commenced the year with Sacha Baron Cohen playing a French cop in HUGO, we conclude the year with Sacha Baron Cohen playing a French crook in LES MISERABLES.
After storming the barricades of the theatrical box office, LES MIZ …
THE HOBBIT (M) is a perfect example of how to make a short story long. With the underperforming and underwhelming KING KONG and THE LOVELY BONES, Peter Jackson has returned to the Shire, with its elves and fairies, and Brit/Oz/Kiwi
Traditionally a big day at the box office, Boxing Day offers the directorial debut of two time Academy Award winning actor, Dustin Hoffman.
QUARTET (M) seems a curious choice for the septuagenarian budding director to choose to bust his director’s
A sequel not remotely the equal of 2 DAYS IN PARIS or of any of the lesser Woody Allen films, 2 DAYS IN NEW YORK translates to two hours in hell for the audience and a distinct desire to shut
A mastectomy and a course of chemo has not dented Ida’s sunny disposition but the dark cloud of adultery puts a dampener on her delighting in her daughter’s wedding.
Beautifully played by Trine Dyrholm, Ida is resolute in the hope
Most Woody Allen fans show their admiration by flocking to his movies. Unabashed Woody Allen devotee Sophie Lellouche has made a movie celebrating her passion for the film maker and called it PARIS MANHATTAN (M).
In this frothy frappe, a
The perfect Christmas movie with all the trimmings of the Santa franchise comes gift wrapped in RISE OF THE GAURDIANS (PG).
When Pitch, the master of dark materials and trainer of nightmares, a kind of Bart Cummings of the fright