Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Suspicious minds might think EPiC is some sort of cynical cash in on the legacy of Elvis Presley. After all, hasn’t it all been seen and done?
Apparently not. During the making of Elvis (2022), Baz Luhrmann went on …
The silliest film of the year, FACKHAM HALL is a carry on romp part Downton Abbey, part upper class murder mystery, done with aplomb, and a tongue in both cheeks.
Incest is best as FACKHAM HALL follows lovable pick-pocket Eric …
Willem Dafoe as a thinly veiled Aristotle Onasis is the best thing going for this over ripe Greek tragedy directed by Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Based on Panos Karnezi’s novel, this navel gaze riot of loose ends is set on …
Anything with Mark Ruffalo in it is worth seeing and CRIME 101 is no exception.
A little bit Bullit, a tincture of The Thomas Crown Affair, CRIME 101 is a less than subtle homage to two Steve McQueen classics, shoving …
A superb spy thriller set against the Israel Iran conflict, David McCloskey’s latest novel, THE PERSIAN is a palpable, pulsating story that is timely and relevant.
From its shocking, breath-taking opening, to its startling finale, THE PERSIAN plunges the reader …
It is capitalist corruption at its most heinous.
It is caliphate corruption at its most hypocritical.
Everyone’s hand is out – from cops to nurses.
It’s no accident that Iran is in trouble and Jafar Panahi’s latest film, IT WAS …
A frightful boar can’t enliven the frightful bore SEND HELP is.
A sort of feral The Admirable Crichton, SEND HELP is another example of an OK ninety minute feature inflated beyond its welcome in a tale that becomes tedious.
Rachel …
Fact is, A COMPLETE FICTION is a joy to read, a roller-coaster ride that hooks from the first paragraph and relentlessly refuses to let go till the last satisfying page.
R.L. Maizes amazing narrative is a comedy thriller with a …
Why is HAMNET such a fine film?
I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation provoke your discovery, and the sweet secret of this cinematic wonder shall moult its pleasure.
I have of late, (but wherefore I know not) …
Sixty-five years in the making, the first great cinema release of the year, Richard Linklater’s love letter to the revolutionary magic of the French New Wave and a homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s influential 1960 film, A Bout de Souffle, NOUVELLE …