Film Review: Pain & Glory (2019)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 4 November 2019 A Pedro Almodovar film can be a little like an amusement ride down a dark…
Penelope Cruz
Film Review: Everybody Knows (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 8 March 2019 Asghar Farhadi has done everything right for Everybody Knows —almost. He’s got the postcard-perfect rural Spanish…
Film Review: Zoolander 2 (2016)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 11 February 2016 It seems that good American comedies are hard to come by these days. In the…
Film Review: The Counselor (2013)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 7 November 2013 Expectations are high for The Counselor. It comes from the first produced screenplay by Cormac…
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)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 21 November 2012 There’s a scene halfway through Vicky Cristina Barcelona where the narrator elaborates on the thoughts…
Film Review: To Rome With Love (2012)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 16 October 2012 By this point in his career, Woody Allen’s European migration has visited many popular tourist…
Trailer: To Rome With Love (2012)
byWritten by Film Blerg Originally published 4 April 2012 What perfect timing (Wednesdays with Woody) for the trailer to arrive for Woody Allen’s new…
Film Review: Nine (2009)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 2 February 2010 By James Madden. Viewed on 27/01/2010. Every now and then a film comes along that…