Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
It would not seem right, it would not seem real, if a Japanese Film Festival did not offer at least one Samurai saga.
This year’s Japanese Film Festival put all to right with the inclusion of A Samurai in Time, …
As the classic song, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by The Hollies states: The road is long, with many a winding turn that leads us to who knows where.
In the film that borrows its title from the song, …
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Following in the footsteps of Aaron Posner’s take on Chekov’s The Seagull, Stupid Fucking Bird, and Gary Owen’s Welsh version of The Cherry Orchard, Samuel Adamson’s WIFE dives into Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and delivers an …
As the oxymoronic United States of America head into their winter of discontent with a Presidential candidate made inglorious by his baulk and squawk, THE APPRENTICE is a timely reminder if the dissembling nature of the contestant.
Unlike the parties …
A ghost light is an electric light that is left energised on the stage of a theatre when the theatre is unoccupied and would otherwise be completely dark. On the one hand it’s a health and safety issue, on the …
Helluva lot of fun, HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN is a welcome addition to this fickle franchise.
If you don’t much like super heroes, Hellboy is a fine antidote, a cigarette smoking, swearing supernatural hero with a penchant for punching …
Haul your old ass to MY OLD ASS therefore halting making an ass of yourself.
MY OLD ASS is an existential charmer spearheaded by a central performance by Maisy Stella.
Stella is simply stellar in this coming of age tale, …
Hammer nails it again with his latest crime thriller, THE VALLEY.
Taking the template of a rip roaring western and fashioning it around an historic homicide and a current killing, THE VALLEY is resplendent with the greed feeding lust for …
There is a tide in the affairs of war, which taken at the flood, leads on to common humanity.
In the early days of World War II, when an Italian submarine sinks a Belgian merchant marine, the subs commander must …
Brava! Brava! Brava!
The highest grossing film in Italy last year, THERE’S STILL TOMORROW is a vibrant, audacious, enchanting drama starring the exquisite Paola Cortellesi in her directorial debut and it’s yours to enjoy at this year’s ST.Ali Italian …