Film Review: Vox Lux (2018)
byIt would be fair to question the need for another film exploring the phenomenon of celebrity. Documentary essays on the life (and death) of…
Jude Law
Film Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
byWatching with neck craned from the second row, it may be tempting to blame a middling response to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald…
Review: National Theatre Live: Obsession (2017)
byLuchino Visconti’s 1943 film Ossessione may be one of the lasting classics of Italian neo-realist cinema, but judging by Ivo van Hove’s clumsy adaptation…
Film Review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
byDespite the success of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes franchise (let’s be fair, he did manage to make more than one and there are rumours…
Film Review: Lion (2016)
byMany will be familiar with Saroo Brierley’s story, having previously been covered some years back by 60 Minutes. Now it gets the big screen treatment in…
Film Review: Spy (2015)
byMelissa McCarthy is wonderfully funny and warm in Spy, a CIA comedy spoof which is surprisingly well written and directed. The premise of this…
Film Review: Black Sea (2014)
byThere will come a day when all the Nazi gold stashed away around the world will have been found, and scriptwriters will need to…
Film Review: The Holiday (2006)
bySet around the Christmas season, The Holiday follows the life of Iris (Kate Winslet), a romantically struggling journalist, and Amanda (Cameron Diaz), another character…
Film Review: Side Effects (2012)
byIn many ways, Side Effects is the perfect swan song for Soderbergh. Like many the films in his catalog, it is impeccably made, with the director showing his panache for composition, framing and editing throughout.
Film Review: Anna Karenina (2012)
byDespite its faithfulness, the story is dull and dreary, and neither Stoppard, Wright, nor the actors change the fact. The one exception is Matthew Macfadyen, whose comical and lively performance is a breath of fresh air amongst the turgid, boring love affair being played out before our eyes.