Film Review: Pain & Glory (2019)
byA Pedro Almodovar film can be a little like an amusement ride down a dark tunnel. Will it be romantic? Titillating? Kitsch? Enthralling? The…
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Film Review: Everybody Knows (2018)
byAsghar Farhadi has done everything right for Everybody Knows —almost. He’s got the postcard-perfect rural Spanish town, the star-studded cast, the promising and pulsing trailer,…
Film Review: Zoolander 2 (2016)
byIt seems that good American comedies are hard to come by these days. In the last year, with the exception of a few female-driven…
Film Review: The Counselor (2013)
byExpectations are high for The Counselor. It comes from the first produced screenplay by Cormac McCarthy, one of the greatest living novelists, whose work…
Film Review: I’m So Excited (2013)
byThe richness of the colour onscreen separates the world Almodovar presents from reality, isolating the characters in their own dimension, and its use is very reminiscent of films of the French New Wave, particularly Jacques Demi’s Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and Jean-Luc Godard’s A Woman Is A Woman (1961).
Wednesdays With Woody: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
byThere’s a scene halfway through Vicky Cristina Barcelona where the narrator elaborates on the thoughts of the American Christina while spending time in Barcelona:…
Film Review: To Rome With Love (2012)
byBy this point in his career, Woody Allen’s European migration has visited many popular tourist destinations: London, Paris and Barcelona for example. Now, it…
Trailer: To Rome With Love (2012)
byWhat perfect timing (Wednesdays with Woody) for the trailer to arrive for Woody Allen’s new film To Rome With Love. Originally titled The Bop…
Film Review: Nine (2009)
byBy James Madden. Viewed on 27/01/2010. Every now and then a film comes along that reminds you of the golden age of Hollywood. Rob…