Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
I fear my pain is a disappointment.
After the adroit audaciousness of her previous novel, I FEAR MY PAIN INTERESTS YOU, I fear my disappointment of Stepanie LaCava’s latest book, NYMPH, is indelible.
The heroin of the narrative is named …
With a title more in keeping with Easter rather than the Yuletide New Year period, RESURRECTION is a sweeping snore inducing odyssey, a soporific meditation on human and film history.
Set in a near future where humanity has surrendered its …
Superlatives start to seep and saturate from the first scene of SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a cinematic sack full of Scandi goodness, a general theatrical release that proves the adage of saving the best for last. For this masterpiece surely ranks with …
“Hello Q” said Commander James Bond. Enjoying retirement yet?”
Q’ute, quosy qurime meets elements of Ian Fleming in Vaseem Khan’s QUANTUM OF MENACE.
Pay attention 007 lovers.
Major Boothroyd, the quintessential quartermaster has been cashiered from His Majesty’s Secret …
Writer Ben Shatuck (adapting from his own short story of the same name) teams with director Oliver Hermanus to bring audiences THE HISTORY OF SOUND which teams the ubiquitous pair of latter day stars, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.…
If you missed this superb film at the Japanese Film Festival, now is your opportunity to experience the epic, operatic, Kabuki infused spectacle, KOKUHO, a vision splendid to be savoured on the big cinema screen.
At nearly three hours long, …
The proof of the porridge is in the spurtle.
Can a film about a porridge competition be anything other than stodge?
Constantine Costi has produced a cereal killer. THE GOLDEN SPURTLE is case of whatever floats your oats as Costi …
There’s a surprising encounter with Woody Allen in the fascinating feature documentary TWIGGY, an intimate, star-studded dive into the birth of an icon, and everything that followed.
Woody is being a bit of a smart arse asking the fashion …
Judgement of NUREMBERG? Guilty.
Verdict? Go see.
The Nazi Göring, chillingly played by Russell Crowe is a narcissistic, charming brute. The thin ice of his evil seems solid as concrete.
At the beginning of the picture, World War …
The backbone of Japanese cinema is arguably the Samuari saga and this year’s Japanese Film Festival has a fascinating take on the genre.
A little The Crucible a little bit The Merchant of Venice, a little bit Casino Royale, BUSHIDO …