Mike McCahill on 20th June / comments
Abbas Kiarostami continues to travel around the globe, this time arriving in Tokyo to film a small-scale encounter between a student escort and her elderly client. Mike McCahill hails a return to form from one of world cinema’s great filmmakers.
Laurence Boyce on 20th June
Star of The Sopranos passes away at age of 51
Gareth Evans on 20th June
Ben Affleck plays the man torn between two women in Terrence Malick's study of the seasons of love. His camera feels like an embodiment of thought and perception, writes Gareth Evans.
Mike McCahill on 19th June / comments
Much-ballyhooed - yet equally long-delayed - this staggeringly expensive blockbuster, in which Brad Pitt’s UN specialist urgently seeks a cure for a zombie pandemic, finally arrives in cinemas. And it’s undead on arrival, says Mike McCahill.
Laurence Boyce on 19th June
OK, we will - Ron Burgundy is back.
Mike McCahill on 19th June
Pablo Larraín's Oscar-nominated drama centres on the real-life advertising whizz whose vision helped unseat Augusto Pinochet. It’s powerful, stirring cinema, says Mike McCahill.
Laurence Boyce on 18th June / comments
48th edition of A-List festival to welcome Hollywood actor as it also hosts World Premiere of his latest film
on 18th June
Tune into a golden age of television. The 1980s was British television's peak, when expertly-written dramas rubbed shoulders with incisive and hilarious comedies. In the background, a series of changes and innovations took place – a fourth channel was ...
James Oliver on 18th June / comments
James argues that this new book by Julian Upton is an essential read for lovers of British cinema, that will introduce to the reader many wonderful new films that the usual top 100s, canons, books, guides and critics ignore.
Mike McCahill on 18th June / comments
Architect Neil Platt was just 33 when he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. A poignantly brisk documentary from the Scottish Documentary Institute charts his final year with immense sensitivity, reports Mike McCahill.
Graeme Hobbs on 18th June
Contains The Boy who Turned Yellow (Powell & Pressburger, 1972), The Monster of Highgate Ponds (Cavalcanti, 1961), A Hitch in Time (Darnley-Smith, 1978). A fine volume, writes Graeme Hobbs.
David Parkinson on 17th June / comments
Three thrilling tales from cinema's past - Roger Corman's The Terror (with an extraordinary range of uncredited directors), two actresses who share the same birthday - Jane Russell and Judy Holliday - plus the controversy behind Basic Instinct.
Point Blank
John Boorman, 1967 // DVD £11.99
The Spirit of '45
Ken Loach, 2013 // DVD £11.24
To Have and Have Not
Howard Hawks, 1944 // DVD £9.99
Phantom Lady
Robert Siodmak, 1944 // DVD £8.99
Underground
Anthony Asquith, 1928 // DVD+Blu-ray £13.99
Terrence Malick, 2012
Ben Affleck plays the man torn between two women in Terrence Malick's study of the seasons of love. His camera feels like an embodiment of thought and perception, writes Gareth Evans.
Pablo Larraín, 2012
Pablo Larraín's Oscar-nominated drama centres on the real-life advertising whizz whose vision helped unseat Augusto Pinochet. It’s powerful, stirring cinema, says Mike McCahill.
Michael Powell, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1961-78
Contains The Boy who Turned Yellow (Powell & Pressburger, 1972), The Monster of Highgate Ponds (Cavalcanti, 1961), A Hitch in Time (Darnley-Smith, 1978). A fine volume, writes Graeme Hobbs.
Anthony Asquith, 1928
Anthony Asquith's subterranean tale of love, jealousy and murder, with a new score by Neil Brand. For sheer entertainment, its expressionist shadowplay is hard to beat, writes Mike McCahill.
Peter Hall, 1970
There is plenty to enjoy in theatre-bred director Peter Hall's late '60s crime caper - not least Stanley Baker appearing in one of his last decent big-screen roles, writes Julian Upton.
Dan Hunter rated NO **** 18 hours ago
John Edwards rated To Have and Have Not ***** 19 hours ago
Dan Hunter rated Point Blank ***** 19 hours ago
STEPHEN BERROW rated The Sweet Hereafter **** 20 hours ago
STEPHEN BERROW rated Exotica (Blu-ray) **** 20 hours ago
STEPHEN BERROW rated Lifeforce (Blu-ray) *** 20 hours ago
STEPHEN BERROW added The Valley (Obscured by Clouds) to 'posiible presents' 20 hours ago
James Oliver on 18th June / comments
James argues that this new book by Julian Upton is an essential read for lovers of British cinema, that will introduce to the reader many wonderful new films that the usual top 100s, canons, books, guides an...
David Parkinson on 17th June / comments
Three thrilling tales from cinema's past - Roger Corman's The Terror (with an extraordinary range of uncredited directors), two actresses who share the same birthday - Jane Russell and Judy Holliday - plus t...
Julian Upton on 14th June / comments
Ahead of its new release through Network’s British Film Collection, Julian dusts off this key British horror film from the late 1950s. Nasty, sadistic and with a gloriously berserk performance by Michael Gou...
James Oliver on 13th June / comments
Stanley Kubrick is usually claimed to be a cold, clinical filmmaker. James argues that Barry Lyndon is supremely moving, filled with irony and emotion, proving that Kubrick had a heart after all.
David Parkinson on 11th June / comments
In an insightful exploration of one of cinema's most celebrated films, David looks at La Règle de Jeu, whose withering portrayal of France proved extremely unpalatable to the French people facing the prospe...
Mike McCahill on 11th June / comments
Steven Soderbergh has stated that the acclaimed Behind the Candelabra will be his final film. In his latest look at the key personalities that emerged from 1990s American independent cinema, Mike McCahill ev...
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