Some reflections on writing about 52 films by women
Pictured: Storekeeper Etoro (Eka Chavleishvili) cradles delivery man, Murman (Temiko Chichinadze) in a scene from the……
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52 Films by Women Vol 4. 20. The Fight (Director: Jessica Hynes)
Pictured: The UK film poster for 'The Fight', written, directed and starring Jessica Hynes as a mother who steps into the ring (eventually)……
Not Quite a Pub Crawl
Photo: Enjoying a cup of bad Lavazza coffee at The Shakespeare, 2 Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AA. Courtesy of LO I am a great admirer……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 31. Let Me Go (Director: Polly Steele)
Photo: Helga (Juliet Stevenson) is reunited with her childhood teddy bear, accompanied by her granddaughter Emily (Lucy Toynton) in……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 30. Jasper Jones (Director: Rachel Perkins)
Pictured: Jasper (Aaron L. McGrath), Charlie (Levi Miller) and Eliza (Angourie Rice) in the murder mystery, Jasper Jones. Photo courtesy……
52 Films by Women Vol. 2. 29. Satan Said Dance (Szatan kazal tanczyc) (Director: Kasia Roslaniec)
Image: Karolina (Magdalena Berus) walks the streets of Berlin, not hailing the call' Satan Said Dance' in Kasia Roslaniac's……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 28. The Levelling (Director: Hope Dickson Leach)
Pictured: Clover (Ellie Kendrick) makes a series of unpleasant discoveries in The Levelling. Photo courtesy of Peccadillo Pictures……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 27. Mal de Pierres (From the Land of the Moon) (Director: Nicole Garcia)
Pictured: Wedding day for Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard) and José (Alex Brendemühl) in Mal de Pierres. Still courtesy……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 26. Bitch (Director: Marianna Palka)
Still: Marianna Palka feels leather around her neck in 'Bitch'. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. The forgotten wife and taken-for-granted……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 25. Berlin Syndrome (Director: Cate Shortland)
Pictured: Teresa Palmer negotiates a Berlin U-Bahn in 'Berlin Syndrome'. Photo courtesy of Curzon Artificial Eye For……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 24. The Zookeeper’s Wife (Director: Niki Caro)
Still: Panic following the invasion of Poland as recreated in The Zookeeper's Wife, starring Jessica Chastain. Image courtesy of Focus……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 23. End of Days, Inc. (Director: Jennifer Liao)
Still: Paulino Nunes, Janet Porter, Mark O'Brien, Anna Ferguson (seated) and Carolyne Maraghi in 'End of Days, Inc'', a Canadian……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 22. Brakes (Director: Mercedes Grower)
Still: Mercedes Grower stationed at ice rink boot camp in 'Brakes'. Still courtesy of Brakes Film Production Ltd I’d like to……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 21. We Used To Be Cool (Was hat uns bloß so ruinert?) (Director: Marie Kreutzer)
Still: Chris (Manuel Rubey) and Stella (Vicky Krieps) wait for their respective partners at birthing class in We Used To Be Cool. Photograph……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 20. XX (Directors: Jovanka Vukokic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama)
Image: Peter Da Cunha in The Box (director Jovanka Vukokic) - courtesy of Magnet/XYZ Films/Thunderbird Releasing Entirely unplanned……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 19. Unforgettable (Director: Denise Di Novi)
Image: Katherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson play poker in Unforgettable, a thriller directed by acclaimed producer Denise Di Novi……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 18. El Olivo (The Olive Tree) (Director: Icíar Bollain)
Pictured: Anna Castillo and Manuel Cucala in El Olivo. Still courtesy of Axiom Films (UK); E One (Spain) Icíar Bollain (born……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 17. Certain Women (Director: Kelly Reichardt)
Stills courtesy of IFC Films (US) Kelly Reichardt (born 1964) typifies what happens to most women filmmakers whose debut feature earns……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 16. The Love Witch (Director: Anna Biller)
Still: Samantha Robinson in 'The Love Witch', courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories/Icon Film Distribution UK The Love Witch is a……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 15. Le Ultime Cose (Pawn Streets) (Director: Irene Dionisio)
Pictured: Stefano (Fabrizio Falco) examines jewellery in Irene Dionisio's 'Le Ultime Cose' (2016).- courtesy of Cinecitta Luce……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 14. Viceroy’s House (Director: Gurinder Chadha)
Stills courtesy of Pathe/Bend It Films Gurinder Chadha (born 10 January 1960) is the most successful British Asian film director working……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 13. Estiu 1993 (Director: Carla Simón)
Still courtesy of Berlin Film Festival - Inicia Films (copyright: Lucia Faraig) Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993) absolutely bowled me……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 11. Prevenge (Director: Alice Lowe)
Still courtesy of Kaleidoscope Entertainment Actress Alice Lowe was seven months pregnant when she filmed her directorial debut, Prevenge……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 9. Underworld: Blood Wars (Director: Anna Foerster)
Underworld: Blood Wars represents the eternal struggle between hair and make-up. ‘Hair’ is represented by lycans, werewolves,……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 8. The Bye Bye Man (Director: Stacy Title)
Image courtesy of STX Entertainment Some interesting statistics about director Stacy Title: she is the youngest woman ever to have……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 7. The Edge of Seventeen (Director: Kelly Fremon Craig)
The Edge of Seventeen is a painful reminder that when you are a teenager, you are very far from the best version of yourself. You……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 6. The Dreamed Ones (Die Geträumten) (Director: Ruth Beckermann)
Two young performers, an actor (Laurence Jupp) and an actress (Anna Plaschg), read the letters of Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 5. Through the Wall (Laavor et hakir) (Director: Rama Burshtein)
Romantic love is an arrogant folly. I’m not sure I want to believe this, but it is probably true. The idea of soul mates is……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 4. Ema (Mother) (Director: Kadri Kðusaar)
Directing alone is not the pinnacle of a career in the film industry. For men, it is being a producer-director, having total control……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 3. The Incident (Director: Jane Linfoot)
‘The Incident’ is the feature debut of Jane Linfoot whose reputation as a director to watch has been established through……
52 Films by Women Vol 2. 2. Queen of Katwe (Director: Mira Nair)
The poor box office numbers for ‘Queen of Katwe’ ($8.7 million worldwide gross to 25 October 2016 against an estimated……
52 Films by Women Vol. 2: 1. Raw (Dir. Julia Ducournau)
You are driving down a quiet country road at 30, maybe 40 miles an hour. All of a sudden, a young woman runs out from behind a tree.……
What I learned from taking the ’52 films by women’ challenge
On 1 October 2015, the website womeninfilm.org started a campaign that asked the public to make a pledge: ‘will you watch a……
52 Cinematic Views of Britain: 3. A Street Cat Named Bob (Director: Roger Spottiswoode)
‘I don’t take sides. I take the kitty litter out.’ This might be a line you would expect to hear in ‘A Street……
52 Cinematic Views of Britain: 2. Burn Burn Burn (Director: Chanya Button)
The British road movie is a niche genre. The journey can be spuriously motivated. An artist (Peter Capaldi) travels from London……
52 Cinematic Views of Britain: 1. I, Daniel Blake (Director: Ken Loach)
A ‘wake up call for the world’: that is how one writer described the vote for Brexit, the United Kingdom’s decision……
52 Films Directed By Women: 60. A UNITED KINGDOM (Director: Amma Asante)
The final film in my review of fifty-two (well, sixty) films directed by women is ‘A United Kingdom’, director Amma Asante’s……
52 Films Directed By Women: 59. BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (Director: Sharon Maguire)
The Bridget Jones trilogy (Diary, Edge, Baby) is the only franchise to be directed by a woman. A woman director can set up a franchise……
Trials and Tribulations in Toronto
For the first time in twenty-two years, I returned to Toronto to attend the much vaunted Toronto International Film Festival. I experienced……
52 Films Directed By Women: 58. EQUITY (Director: Meera Menon)
Equity, a drama about the launch of an IPO (initial public offering) of a tech company, could be the most radical film of the ’52……
52 Films Directed By Women: 57.TONI ERDMANN (Director: Maren Ade)
There are those who believe that the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival should have been given to Toni Erdmann,……
D Movies Brazilian Movie Club: Screening 4: Neighbouring Sounds (2012, dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho)
The website D Movies - formerly Dirty Movies but I think people got the wrong idea - has collaborated with the cultural section of……
Film Review: JASON BOURNE (Dir. Paul Greengrass) – forget the action, his travel documents are out of date
Still courtesy of Universal Pictures The film that Jason Bourne most reminds me of is Bill Forsyth’s belated sequel Gregory’s……
The perfect movie poster
When I was a young lad and had all my own teeth – as opposed to someone else’s teeth which is a very odd acquisition –……
52 Films Directed By Women: 56. CHEVALIER (Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari)
Characters (left to right): Christos (Sakis Rouvas), the doctor (Yiorgis Kendros), Yannis (Yorgos Pirpassopoulos), Josef……
52 Films Directed By Women: 55. PARCHED (Director: Leena Yadav)
Set in a remote village in Gujarat, India’s western-most province but filmed in Rajasthan, the somewhat larger province in the……
52 Films Directed By Women: 54. LA BELLE SAISON (SUMMERTIME) (Director: Catherine Corsini)
The fifty-fourth film of my study – enough with the numbers – is a beautifully observed romance between two women.……
52 Films Directed By Women: 53. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS – THE MOVIE (Director: Mandie Fletcher)
The fifty-third film of my study – wait, wasn’t it just supposed to be 52? I started this project on 11 October……
52 Films Directed By Women: 52. HIDE AND SEEK (a.k.a. AMOROUS) (Director: Joanna Coates)
The 52nd (but not final) film of my study is Hide and Seek, an independent, pre-crowd funded film by British co-writer-director……
52 Films Directed By Women: 51. LOLO (Director: Julie Delpy)
Actress Julie Delpy (born December 1969) is excelling at her second career as writer-director. Lolo, in which she stars opposite……
52 Films Directed By Women: 50. ARRÊTE TON CINÉMA (Director: Diane Kurys)
Arrête ton cinéma is the third collaboration between actress Sylvie Testud and veteran director Diane Kurys after 2008’s……
52 Films Directed By Women: 49. THE MEDDLER (Director: Lorene Scafaria)
The Meddler couldn’t be more different from writer-director Lorene Scafaria’s 2012 feature debut, Seeking a Friend for……
52 Films Directed By Women: 48. LEARNING TO DRIVE (Director: Isabel Coixet)
Patricia Clarkson is phee-nom-en-al as Wendy in the New York-set coming-to-terms-with-separation drama, Learning to Drive. Director……
52 Films Directed By Women: 47. MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN (Director: Patricia Riggen)
Miracles from Heaven is the first Christian faith-based film I have seen, discounting The Passion of the Christ, which is torture……
52 Films Directed By Women: 46. ELVIS AND NIXON (Director: Liza Johnson)
Elvis and Nixon is director Liza Johnson’s third feature film after her 2011 debut Return about a female army reservist (Linda……
52 Films Directed By Women: 45. THE INTERVENTION (Director: Clea DuVall)
The Intervention is an actors movie, in as much as star names get to play against type, there are some highly emotional scenes……
52 Films Directed By Women: 44.5 WEINER (Directors: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman)
I knew little about Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner beyond being the punchline of a joke on The Tonight Show. Elyse Steinberg……
52 Films Directed By Women: 44. TALLULAH (Director: Siân Heder)
The road to expanding a short film to a feature can be mighty long, but in the case of Tallulah, writer-director Siân……
52 Films Directed By Women: 43. ADULT LIFE SKILLS (Director: Rachel Tunnard)
Missing a dead twin is a recognised psychological condition. I remember when one stick of my Twix bar fell on the pavement and I was……
52 Films Directed By Women: 42. ME BEFORE YOU (Director: Thea Sharrock)
Directors can make stars of actresses. Thea Sharrock, who became the theatre director of the Southwark Playhouse aged 24, fifteen……
52 Films Directed By Women: 41. MONEY MONSTER (Director: Jodie Foster)
The question of whether a woman can direct a taut Hollywood thriller as well as a man in answered in Money Monster, Jodie Foster’s……
52 Films Directed By Women: 40. AMERICAN HONEY (Director: Andrea Arnold)
Opening scenes can be a statement of intent. In the first seconds of American Honey – title taken from a Lady Antebellum song……
52 Films Directed By Women: 39. ALL ABOUT E (Director: Louise Wadley)
At some point during the writing of All About E, or maybe during a crackly telephone conversation that led to the idea, the following……
‘Calling The Shots?’ Counting the women in British film
In the effort to see ’52 (new) films directed by women’ within a twelve month period, I have thus far travelled to film……
52 Films Directed By Women: 38. THE INVITATION (Director: Karyn Kusama)
Just what exactly does a great film like The Invitation have to do to get a decent cinema release? Of all the titles that I……
52 Films Directed By Women: 37. ET TA SOEUR (Director: Marion Vernoux)
I want to say right off the bat that I am a huge admirer of Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister (2011) a comedy drama……
52 Films Directed By Women: 36. EVOLUTION (Director: Lucile Hadžihalilovic)
By her own admission, Evolution, the long-awaited second feature film from writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilovic is based on nightmares.……
52 Films Directed By Women: 35. QUI C’EST LES PLUS FORTS (Director: Charlotte De Turckheim)
Pictured: Alice Pol in Qui C'Est Les Plus Forts (Director: Charlotte de Turckheim, France, 2015) Charlotte de Turckheim’s mostly……
52 Films Directed By Women: 34. GABY BABY DOLL (Director: Sophie Letourneur)
Gaby Baby Doll is the third feature by writer-director Sophie Letourneur after La vie au ranch (aka Chicks) in 2009 and Les Coquillettes……
52 Films Directed By Women: 33. SKY (Director: Fabienne Berthaud)
If there is one country where being a woman film director isn’t problematic, it is France. According to chartsbin.com France……
52 Films Directed By Women: 32. ECHO PARK (Director: Amanda Marsalis)
Like me, you might remember that Echo Park is not just a suburb in East Los Angeles but also the title of a 1986 film starring Tom……
52 Films Directed By Women: 31. WELCOME TO ME (Director: Shira Piven)
I wasn’t that familiar with ‘borderline personality disorder’ prior to seeing director Shira Piven’s film,……
52 Films Directed By Women: 30. DISORDER (Director: Alice Winocour)
One of the ways of sustaining a career as a director is to team up with a star. When Martin Scorsese has problems finding finance……
52 Films Directed By Women: 29. SPEED SISTERS (Director: Amber Fares)
I don’t know why there are so few women Formula One racing drivers. I’m sure women love the sport as much as men. They……
52 Films Directed By Women: 28. GRANNY’S DANCING ON THE TABLE (Director: Hanna Sköld)
There are only two actors in the Swedish drama, Granny’s Dancing On The Table, but more than two characters. Everyone bar a……
52 Films Directed By Women: 27. A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS (Director: Natalie Portman)
Recognising that she might never again get as good a role as Nina, the over-dedicated ballerina in Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 film,……
52 Films Directed By Women: 26. JACK (Director: Elisabeth Scharang)
The film Jack that most people know is the one starring Robin Williams as a 10 year old boy with an ageing disease. He looks like……
52 Films Directed By Women: 25. KUNG FU PANDA 3 (Directors: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni)
Kung Fu Panda 3 only half-qualifies as a film directed by a woman, since Jennifer Yuh Nelson shares the credit with Alessandro Carloni.……
52 Films Directed By Women: 24. FOR HERE OR TO GO (Director: Rucha Humnabadkar)
For Here or To Go, an entertaining look at the travails of an Indian tech worker, Vivek Pandit (Ali Fazal) wishing to change employers……
52 Films Directed By Women: 23. MAGGIE’S PLAN (Director: Rebecca Miller)
Rebecca Miller (born 1962) alternates film making with novel writing. She is a filmmaker whose feature debut, Angela, was released……
52 Films Directed By Women: 22. A SERIOUS GAME (DEN ALLVARSAMMA LEKEN) (Director: Pernilla August)
Hjalmar Söderberg’s 1912 novel A Serious Game has been adapted for the screen before, by Rune Carlston in 1945 and Anja……
52 Films Directed By Women: 21. DON’T CALL ME SON (MÃE SÓ HÁ UMA) (Director: Anna Muylaert)
51 year old Brazilian writer-director Anna Muylaert (born 21 April 1964) is no overnight success. Her first feature, Durval Records……
52 Films Directed By Women: 20. MUSTANG (Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven)
Deniz Gamze Ergüven joins Susanne Bier, Agnieszka Holland, Cristina Comencini, Marleen Gorris, Mira Nair, Coline Serreau, Maria……
52 Films Directed By Women: 19. TAKING STOCK (Director: Maeve Murphy)
For writer-director Maeve Murphy, Taking Stock, a crime caper set predominantly in London’s King’s Cross district, represents……
Film Review: Star Wars – The Force Awakens – not exactly fan fiction
I am keenly aware that the world doesn’t need another review of Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Nevertheless,……
52 Films Directed By Women: 18. BY THE SEA (Director: Angelina Jolie Pitt)
If By The Sea were not written and directed by one half of a Hollywood power couple, Angelina Jolie Pitt and not starring herself……
52 Films Directed By Women: 17. MY SKINNY SISTER (Director: Sanna Lenken)
My Skinny Sister (Min Lilla Syster) is the feature debut of Swedish writer-director Sanna Lenken. It deals with anorexia, specifically……
52 Films Directed By Women: 16. THE IDEALIST (Director: Christina Rosendahl)
At Thule US Air Base, Greenland in 1968, a B-52 bomber armed with four hydrogen bombs crashed into the snow. Its crew had bailed out,……
52 Films Directed By Women: 15. THE HOST (Director: Miranda Pennell)
The third film in a decade to be given such a title after the genre films by Bong Joon Ho and Andrew Niccol, The Host is narrator-writer-director……
52 Films Directed By Women: 14. A SECOND CHANCE (Director: Susanne Bier)
Working with screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director Susanne Bier makes modern morality tales. What would you do if your……
52 Films Directed By Women: 13. THE DRESSMAKER (Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse)
The Dressmaker is Australian director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s first film since 1997’s A Thousand Acres, an ill-fated and long……
52 Films Directed By Women: 12. THE VIOLATORS (Director: Helen Walsh)
Still of Lauren McQueen in The Violators courtesy of Red Union Films There aren’t many novelists who have moved successfully……
52 Films Directed By Women: 11. PRINCESS (Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer)
You can’t watch Princess, director Tali Shalom-Ezer’s film, taking it literally. Ostensibly it is the story of a twelve……
52 Films Directed By Women: 10. A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (Director: Ana Lily Amirpour)
Although horror films traditionally present women as victims, the genre allows female protagonists to emerge victorious. They are……
52 Films Directed By Women: 9. LA TÊTE HAUTE (Director: Emmanuelle Bercot)
How do you deal with a problem like troublesome teens? This is the subject of actress-turned-director Emmanuelle Bercot’s film,……
52 Films Directed By Women: 8. AMOUR FOU (Director: Jessica Hausner)
Writers – usually men - often tell us that women can’t do comedy, an accusation that is the product of selective amnesia.……
52 Films Directed By Women: 7. BATTLES (Director: Isabelle Tollenaere)
I don’t know if Battles, a feature length documentary by the Belgian director Isabelle Tollenaere, qualifies as a movie. It……
52 Films Directed By Women: 6. I DON’T BELIEVE IN ANARCHY (Directors: Natalia Chumakova, Anna Tsyrlina)
‘I have never written a song out of kindness – not once’ – Yegor Letov (10 September 1964 to 19 February……
52 Films Directed By Women: 5. JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Director: Amy J. Berg)
Janis Joplin (1943-1970) was a singer of immense talent. Yet she didn’t discover that she could sing until she was seventeen.……
52 Films Directed By Women: 4. ANDERSWO [Anywhere Else] (Director: Ester Amrami)
Anderswo (Anywhere Else) is an engaging comedy about family and relationships from Israeli-born co-writer-director Ester Amrami. Its……
52 Films Directed By Women: 3. PETTING ZOO (Director: Micah Magee)
I’m only three films into watching ’52 films directed by women’ and I have seen my first modern masterpiece. Ladies……
52 Films Directed By Women: 2. SUFFRAGETTE (Director: Sarah Gavron)
When you undertake to watch fifty-two films directed by women in fifty-two weeks, you expect to make some discoveries. These……
52 Films Directed By Women: 1. MISS MEADOWS (Director: Karen Leigh Hopkins)
A recent Twitter hashtag invited viewers to watch – and by implication celebrate – fifty-two films directed by women over……
Film Review: Palio - A Two Horse Race
When is a horse race like sex? When it is ninety seconds long, you can end up with a broken leg, and the winner could be rider-less.……
Film Review: THE SECOND MOTHER (Que Horas ela volta?) – Maid of honour
You know when you are fully immersed in a drama when a breakage on screen startles you. In director Anna Muylaert’s The Second……
Event Review: Shorts On Tap ‘All in the family’, 27 August 2015, Cafe 1001, Brick Lane
Photo: Sofia Ribeiro (from Shorts On Tap Facebook page) Still attracting packed houses on Thursday nights - Europa League, what’s……
Film Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - relatively good
As an impressionable young lad in the 1970s, I watched the Man From U.N.C.L.E. films on TV of a school holiday morning: The Helicopter……
Cruise and the coop
Our Saturday afternoon pastime, should the weather hold is to stand in wait, squared by so-called crash barriers, for the modern movie……
Film Critics Confidential
James Franco has just published a book entitled ‘Actors Anonymous’. In it, he describes the mantras that actors adhere……
I’ll be bland – Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Terminator: Genisys promotion trail
On Wednesday 17 June 2015, I joined hundreds of movie fans at Vue Westfield in Shepherd’s Bush, West London for a twenty minute……
Cannes 2015 Film Review: GREEN ROOM – colour find
OK, so it was never in the running for the 2015 Cannes Palme D’Or - that went to director Jacques Audiard for Dheepan. It did……
Cannes 2015 Film Review: Mara und der Feuerbringer – flaming good
German children’s films don’t usually make it into British cinemas, but Mara und der Feuerbringer might be the exception.……
Cannes 2015 Film Review: NI LE CIEL NI LA TERRE (The Wakhan Front) – when genre and drama don’t mix
The French contribution to the ‘war on terror’ is examined in director Clément Cogitoire’s film Ni le ciel……
Cannes 2015 Film Review: Les Deux Amis – with friends like these...
I have no problem with films about unlikeable protagonists - otherwise I wouldn’t have seen Downfall, Henry: Portrait of a Serial……
Cannes 2015 Film Review: GAZ DE FRANCE (France is a Gas) – comedy lacks energy
One of the Cannes Film Festival’s less well-known sidebar events is Acid, a programme of films for young people. This year,……
I didn’t ask for the - probe: how not to interview stars
The latest video to go viral in the United Kingdom features Robert Downey Jr, star of Avengers: Age of Ultron, walking out……
Film Review: CYMBELINE: it brought us Posthumus, but plays preposterous
The freshest element of director Michael Almereyda’s contemporary gadget filled film adaptation of a lesser William Shakespeare……
Film Review: A LITTLE CHAOS – no floral tribute from me
For almost two hours, Kate Winslet struggles to erect a water feature in the 17th Century costume drama, A Little Chaos, director……
Trailer Review: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice – the voice distorter rises
Not to be outdone by the premiere of the second ‘Force Awakens’ trailer – ‘The Force is strong in my family’……
Film Review: JOHN WICK – burnt at both ends
How much plot does a film need? In the case of John Wick, a hyper-violent revenge drama starring Keanu Reeves in the title role, the……
What cinema owes to Robert Altman
Great directors redefine cinema. Cecil B. De Mille, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Coppola, Sam Peckinpah, Billy Wilder,……
Film Review: WHILE WE’RE YOUNG: mescaline feminine
I remembered the first time I knew I was old. I was watching the new CGI version of Thunderbirds – no Jeff Tracy and a character……
Film Review: THE FACE OF AN ANGEL – how do you dramatise senseless murder?
Michael Winterbottom is one of Britain’s most prolific directors. He produces at least a film a year. (A documentary on Russell……
Film Review: GET HARD – Ferrell and Hart, the best comedy pairing since Wilder and Pryor
Hedge fund manager James King, the co-protagonist of the comedy Get Hard, is another of comedian Will Ferrell’s likeable idiots.……
Preview: SECRET CINEMA: The Empire Strikes Back – what will it be like?
The Secret Cinema is a London-based phenomenon that shows classic films in site-specific environments to create a more immersive experience.……
Film Review: INSURGENT: We’re not in Candour anymore!
Veronica Roth, the author of the Divergent series, imagines a future society that’s just like high school. There are five distinct……
Film Review: THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA: going to the palace but not gonna get married
The font of animation wonderment that is Studio Ghibli is more than just director Hayao Miyazaki (now retired) and his son Goro. Step……
Film Review: ELLE L’ADORE: ... and she closed herself up like a fan
In the opening scene of the French police procedural, Elle L’Adore, divorced mother of two, Muriel Bayen (Sandrine Kiberlain)……
Film Review: RUN ALL NIGHT: A particular set of thrills
Liam Neeson gives two performances in the pacy New York-set thriller Run All Night. For the first twenty minutes, his character, former……
Film Review: X + Y: Greater than the sum of its parts
Cinema can be a place for mathematical problems. If I have five mint imperials and there are six people in the cinema using their……
Film Review: CHAPPIE: programmed to fail but not without pleasure
‘Humanity’s last hope isn’t human’, says the advertising. That doesn’t even begin to describe Neill……
Film Review: FOCUS – what’s it trying to pull?
In caper thrillers, you trust no one. There are con men and con women. Occasionally, there are condoms. A con man doesn’t admit……
Film Review: McFARLAND, USA – Running with Mexican-Americans
Unlikely to get a release in the UK, but liable to go down a storm stateside is McFarland, USA, the latest sports-themed film to feature……
Film Review: BIG HERO 6 – on a scale of one to ten, how enjoyable is this Disney cartoon?
The animated family film Big Hero 6 is a reminder that heroes don’t always have to beat people up to prove their valour –……
Film Review: STILL LIFE: funeral arranger film doesn’t deserve a box office burial
Still Life, the second directorial effort of former producer Uberto Pasolini (The Full Monty) is a study of a London council employee,……
Film Review: SON OF A GUN – not terrible, but I recoiled
I had to chuckle when I came across a review of Australian director Julius Avary’s Son of a Gun, that described star Ewan McGregor……
Why Listen Up Philip should make a star of Jason Schwartzman
In years to come, when Jason Schwartzman lists the top five characters he has played on screen, Philip Lewis Friedman should be number……
Why Eddie Redmayne shouldn’t pick up the Best Actor Academy Award this year
I’m sure Eddie Redmayne is a thoroughly nice chap and that his preparation for a role is very meticulous. Nevertheless, I don’t……
Film Review: INTO THE WOODS – leaf it out!
Any film that casts Frances de la Tour as a giant clearly has a sense of humour. Alas, Into the Woods, the big screen but mostly set-bound……
Film Review: Les Âmes de Papier (Paper Souls): clever ideas stop you tearing into it
There are elements of Ghost Town and Three Wishes in Vincent Lannoo’s Paris-set romantic comedy, Paper Souls (Les Âmes……
Film Review: WILD – ‘it’s not the destination that counts but the journey’ anonymous and Cheryl Strayed
As tortured divorcée Cheryl Strayed in Wild, Reese Witherspoon takes the Proclaimers lyric ‘If I could walk 500 miles/Then……
Film Review: NATIONAL GALLERY – art people, people and art
No voiceover, no talking heads, no personalities, no obvious narrative arc. Is there anything to enjoy in the documentaries of Frederick……
Film Review: AMERICAN SNIPER – the movie you dare not criticise
You don’t want to criticise Clint Eastwood’s film of Texas-born Chris Kyle’s 2012 autobiography, American Sniper,……
Film Review: BIG EYES – the eyes are a window to the plot hole
In Big Eyes, director Tim Burton returns to the west coast of America (San Francisco, rather than Burbank where he grew up) for a……
Why I stopped going to the theatre – the institutionalised ‘restricted view’
Lately I have been entering into correspondence with a writer who took South African born actress Janet Suzman to task for complaining……
Delayed Reaction: INTERSTELLAR - Nolan’s folly
Christopher Nolan is a one-of-a-kind cinematic talent who has directed four of the best reviewed blockbusters of all time (the Dark……
Imagined Phone Messages: Getting Bill Murray to play St. Vincent
It takes a lot of work to have Bill Murray to appear in your movie. Although happy to help out real filmmakers like Wes Anderson or……
Film Review: Annie: the fun has gone out today
‘Annie? Get the gun!’ That was my first response to news that the popular depression set musical, featuring an impossibly……
Which Five Armies would you like to see in a fight?
I disapprove fundamentally of war but the title of the new Hobbit film got me thinking. If you could pit five movie armies against……
Film Review: The Face of Love - desire on the double
In a parallel universe, Annette Bening would be in serious award contention for her performance in The Face of Love, co-written (with……
Film Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: few Tolkein points
Does anybody remember why Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) the titular Hobbit set off with a band of dwarves and a wizard named Gandalf……
Film Review: THE GRANDMASTER – kicking in the rain
In the United Kingdom, it feels like we are the last people to see The Grandmaster, director Wong Kar-Wai’s film about Ip Man,……
Film Review: EASTERN BOYS – first you steal from my flat, then from my heart
Eastern Boys is, by any estimation, a tough watch. In its documentary verité opening minutes, prefaced by the caption ‘No……
Film Review: Manakamana – eight and a half minutes of a goat’s backside? Are we there yet?
You wait for one film to consist entirely of single takes and two come along at once. After Stations of the Cross comes the Nepal-set……
Trailer Review: The Force Awakens – what it might mean
There are some enthusiasms one never loses even though sense tells you otherwise: searching for the longest sell-by date; newly-minted……
Horrible Bosses 2 – what if the title had been something different?
The sequel Horrible Bosses 2 has been receiving mixed reactions at early London previews – from stone-faced silence at one screening……
#BigFilmQuiz2014 - or maybe I should do something more meaningful instead
Some people like to combat the advancing decrepitude of old age with plastic surgery. Me, I enter film quizzes. Ever since in the……
Film Review: THIRD PERSON – Haggis makes pudding
I don’t think Americans know how to ‘do’ Europe. Sure, the US and EU are in advanced stages in negotiating the Transatlantic……
Event Review: Shorts on Tap ‘Autumn Leaves’, Tuesday 11 November 2014 – more green than brown
Since when did ‘Shorts on Tap’, the East London based showcase of short film wonderment get so popular? Tuesday night……
Roger Ebert’s Perfect London Walk – or how I nearly didn’t make it
I thought it started at 14:00, but ‘Roger Ebert’s Perfect London Walk’, which I had signed up to on Facebook, was……
Film Review: LEVIATHAN: BRICS as crocks
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s multi-award winning LEVIATHAN (at Cannes, London and Abu Dhabi film festivals) has been hailed by some……
Film Review: THE SKELETON TWINS – more than a bone to pick with this one
The practice of casting comedians in serious roles isn’t one I wholly agree with. We expect them to exercise their comedy muscles……
Film Review: SAY WHEN (aka LAGGIES) – no delayed reaction, I like
True cineastes should declare their enthusiasms, loud and often. For some people, it might be THE EXORCIST, JEREMY and DOUGAL AND……
Rules-based cinema: OUIJA – not the worst film adaptation of a board game that I have seen
OUIJA follows in the footsteps of other board games that have been adapted for the silver screen. CLUE is the one everybody remembers,……
Film Review: THE WAY HE LOOKS: insightful film about young love
When we first meet Leonardo (Ghilherme Lobo), the teenage protagonist of Daniel Ribeiro’s feature, THE WAY HE LOOKS (Hoje……
Film Review: NIGHTCRAWLER: thoroughly gripping video nasty
Let’s get this out of the way. Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), the titular NIGHTCRAWLER, is not a monster – he is on the……
Some less obvious things I learned from the 2014 London Film Festival
For the past twelve days (8 -19 October) cinemas across my capital city have played host to the London Film Festival. My family and……
Film Review: BLACK BUTLER (Kuroshitsuji) – what’s Michael Jackson doing as a Japanese action hero?
It’s not every day you see a Japanese film playing at your local multiplex, but BLACK BUTLER, released in the United Kingdom……
Film Review: THE JUDGE: an open verdict
An actor becomes a star when they find the right register. In Robert Downey Jr’s case, it’s fast-talking, smart-ass, dismissive,……
Film Review: THE MAZE RUNNER: gripping young adult drama reaches dead end
When he ends up in the middle of a glade with a group of teenage boys, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) the protagonist of the young adult……
Film Review: ANNABELLE: why, origins?
The real Annabelle is a squat-faced bean-bag clutch toy, with triangle features and patchwork home-made look. Even the smallest dog……
Film Review: LIFE AFTER BETH: The Talking Dead
In LIFE AFTER BETH, Aubrey Plaza comes back from the dead. Literally! After all, no one saw THE TO DO LIST, Plaza’s first film……
The ‘guest director’ contribution – when ‘second unit’ means first rate
The new version of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, due for release in the United Kingdom from mid-October, features an unusual credit:……
How to be a responsible film blogger
The Film Distributors Association (FDA) in the UK has always been nice to film bloggers, inviting them to seasonal film previews of……
Film Review: THE EQUALIZER: justice with a nasty after taste
In THE EQUALIZER, Denzel Washington proves that you’re never too old for a franchise. This is his DIRTY HARRY, DEATH WISH and……
Film Review: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT: magicians, mediums, monotony
Woody Allen has been asking the same questions in his movies for years. ‘What if there’s no God? You go round once and……
Film Review: A MOST WANTED MAN: A Most Impressive Film
In A MOST WANTED MAN, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Günther Bachmann, the head of a Counter Terrorist Unit operating in Hamburg.……
Film Review: LIFE OF CRIME – Aniston ain’t no Pamela Grier
In LIFE OF CRIME, John Hawkes (MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE) and Mos Def (BE KIND REWIND) play petty criminals Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie,……
Insulted not to have her phone hacked? What Dame Helen Mirren’s calls might have sounded like
The things one reportedly says during interviews. Dame Helen Mirren, who gave up Russian citizenship to work briefly in soft porn……
Film Review: BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP: Kidman forgets herself, no spoiler
It’s not much of a thriller, but BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, adapted from S J Watson’s best-selling novel (and much beloved……
Film Review: LET’S BE COPS: no, let’s make a flop
In movies, people who pretend to be policemen are actually murderous psychopaths who try to gain their victims’ trust before……
Richard Attenborough – a gentleman of British cinema
Richard (Lord) Attenborough, who died on Sunday 24 August 2014, aged 90, a few days short of his 91st birthday was not a great actor.……
Film Review: THE EXPENDABLES 3: Not much creativity expended here
How dumb is THE EXPENDABLES 3? Early on, CIA suit guy Drummer (Harrison Ford) tears a strip off Expendable in Chief Barney Ross (Sylvester……
Film Review: OBVIOUS CHILD: A few birthing pains, but it gets better
I don’t recommend arriving late for a screening of OBVIOUS CHILD. You miss (as I think I did) a stand up set by book store employee,……
Film Review: XMOOR – British horror film will leave you cross wanting more
There are some lines that shouldn’t be uttered in a movie, for no matter how you say them, you end up generating an unintended……
Film Review: INTO THE STORM: The wind that shakes the hokum
INTO THE STORM chronicles the effect of a freak cluster of tornados on Silverton, a small town in the American Mid West. As……
Film Review: HERCULES: Dwayne Johnson hit rather than myth
When it opened in cinemas in the US, HERCULES got the box office stuffing kicked out of it by LUCY - Scarlett Johansson could take……
#25NewFilms – well alright, ten; Autumn UK Movie Preview
The UK’s Film Distributor Association invited a tipsy of forty or so mostly London-based film bloggers to the Strand Gallery……
Robin Williams – Rest in Peace
I have overslept during some great tragedies. On 7 July 2005, I didn’t go to Central London in the early morning as I normally……
Film İnceleme: Veliler GALAXY: beş olası kahramanlar ve zekâ
Neredeyse kaçınılmaz olarak bir film Yönetmen James Gunn'ın MUHAFIZLARI GALAKSİNİN hayal kırıklığına uğrayacak……
Film Review: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: five unlikely heroes and wit
Almost inevitably, a film as universally praised as director James Gunn’s GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is going to disappoint. Watching……
Film Review: BLACKWOOD: yet another non-scary British horror film
I frighten easily. Dealing with utility companies, entering a black cab – these leave me at the mercy of malign forces. When……
Film İnceleme: INBETWEENERS 2: yalaka poms
INBETWEENERS 2, önce on dakika ölü film durur. Tam olarak ne olursa olsun, bir araba, taşra ve sağduyu eksikliği……
Film Review: THE INBETWEENERS 2: cringing poms
Ten minutes before the end of THE INBETWEENERS 2, the film stops dead. I don’t want to reveal exactly what happens, though a……
Film Review: WAKOLDA: He can’t be a war criminal, he looks like Omar Sharif
The first thing you notice about the Patagonian setting for WAKOLDA is how like Austria it is. The film is ostensibly set in a Bavarian……
Event Review: 1971 – Traverse City Film Festival comes to Hackney
Modern technology - there is a time delay and an echo. Michael Moore (celebrated documentarian and liberal advocate) is asking us:……
Film İnceleme: Tanrı'nın cep-Elvis Costello şarkısı değil mi?
Karşılaştırın ve kontrast: Christina Hendricks Tanrı'nın cebinde (2014) ve PARIS alabalık (1991), Barbara Hershey, hem de……
Film Review: GOD’S POCKET – isn’t that a song by Elvis Costello?
Compare and contrast: Christina Hendricks in GOD'S POCKET (2014) and Barbara Hershey in PARIS TROUT (1991), both adapted from novels……
Film Review: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES: Apes together? Wrong!
For reasons best known to himself Caesar (Andy Serkis), leader of an evolved group of apes, wears war paint, a red line between his……
Get out of ma swamp - Scotland and Protected Accent Status
In two months’ time, the residents of Scotland will get the opportunity to vote to break away from the United Kingdom. A four……
Film Review: BOYHOOD: 12 Years A Rave!
I don’t know whether BOYHOOD, the twelve-year labour of love from writer-director Richard Linklater and his dedicated, patient……
Film Review: EDGE OF TOMORROW – is this the most under-rated film of the summer?
Since box-office is everything, there is no accounting for taste. 22 JUMP STREET eclipsed A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST at the……
Film Review: TRANSFORMERS – AGE OF EXTINCTION – a re-boot is not the answer
The fourth film of the TRANSFORMERS trilogy (gag copyright: Douglas Adams) AGE OF EXTINCTION sees the remaining Autobots – large……
Event Review: Shorts On Tap: ‘Nature of the Beast’, 3 July 2014, Cafe 1001, Brick Lane, London
London’s premier short film showcase – sorry, Portobello Film Festival - ‘Shorts On Tap’ opened its……
Film Review: KEEPING ROSY: Oh my word, the cleaner is dead
For my generation, Steve Reeves will always be Hercules, but in 2014 Hercules is being played by two actors, one of whom has the surname……
Preview: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2: The Empire Strikes Back of animated sequels
I remember when they didn’t make sequels to animated films. DUMBO, PINOCCHIO, even the ones with numbers in like SNOW WHITE……
Imagined Conversation: THE PURGE: ANARCHY: for 12 hours, your insurance premium is not valid
I was lucky enough to catch a sneaky peek at THE PURGE: ANARCHY at a screening in a swish (read: complimentary pencils) hotel in Central……
Trailer Review: THE JUDGE: could be Grisham, more likely schmaltz
Trailer debuts get almost as much attention as film premieres. There was a time when you had to buy a ticket for a film, in my case,……
Cannes 2014: WHEN ANIMALS DREAM – get a second opinion
I didn’t go to Cannes this year to see genre movies, but they popped up all over the shop. First, American horror flick, IT……
Film Review: 22 JUMP STREET – knowingness can only get you so far
It is a well-known assertion that lightning does not strike the same place twice, which is of course no use to you if you were frazzled……
Film Review: A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST – not a million laughs, but more than enough!
It seems almost a self-fulfilling prophecy that a comedy set in the gold-rush fuelled Old West should attract panning, but A MILLION……
Seth and the Censors – is NEIGHBORS really PG-13 material?
From across the pond, it seems that Seth Rogen is rarely out of the entertainment news. First there was a spat with Justin Bieber.……
Film Review: OCULUS: Mirror, mirror on the wall, haven’t we seen this all before?
Writer-director Mike Flanagan lucked out when he got the chance to expand his $1,500 short OCULUS into a feature, with Karen Gillan……
Film Review: FADING GIGOLO: not so much stud muffin as stuff missing
In FADING GIGOLO, John Turturro displays a curious characteristic for an actor-turned-movie director – a lack of enthusiasm.……
We turn out for reality TV stars but not for the lead in a Luc Besson film! Why the low show for Louise Bourgoin?
As twice winner of the Cineworld Haymarket Movie Quiz in 2013 (shame it wasn’t red wine rather than white) and on the runner……
Film Review: OMAR: Caught in the crossfire
In the Occupied Territories-set drama, OMAR, the titular character (Adam Bakri) is a young baker who by day scales a massive wall……
Film Review: HELI: I didn’t ask for my kid sister to fall for a naive police cadet
Two scenes are burnt on the memory of those able to sit through the Mexican ‘don’t mess with a drug cartel’ drama……
Film Review: DOWNHILL: 192 problems but the film isn’t one of them
When someone first told me the title DOWNHILL, I thought they were talking about the movie of Hitler’s last days in the bunker.……
Cannes 2014: GENTE DE BIEN: Film Review: Pride and Parenthood
Few Colombian films get distribution in the United Kingdom but I hope GENTE DE BIEN, showcased at the ‘Semaine de la Critique’……
Cannes 2014 Film Review: IT FOLLOWS – don’t let the apparition catch you
Pictured: David Robert Mitchell (third in) and crew take questions from shell-shocked young crowd at Cannes Cinephiles screening of……
Film Review: BLENDED: Resistance is useless – well, for me anyway
Whatever you think about him, Adam Sandler knows what works. He is a holiday comedian; that is to say in his most recent bunch of……
Film Review: BELIEVE: oh no, not more football!
At the time of writing, Arsenal has just won the Football Association Cup grasping victory 3 goals to 2 in extra time against a dogged……
Film Review: GODZILLA: does a three hundred foot sea monster need a sat nav?
You have to feel sorry for Godzilla, the three-hundred foot scaly beast with a lethal tail and breath that you wouldn’t believe.……
Sundance London: THE ONE I LOVE: what goes on in the guest house stays in the guest house!
It’s difficult to talk about the game-changing second act of writer Justin Lader and director Charlie McDowell’s THE ONE……
Sundance London: Film Review: THE CASE AGAINST 8: California dreaming ... of the equal right to marry
2008 in America was a momentous year. What it gave to some – the election of the first African-American President – it……
SUMMER 2014 AT THE MOVIES: running from WALKING ON SUNSHINE
The good people of the UK Film Distributors Association welcomed film bloggers to the happening basement club that is Dstrkt in the……
KICKSTARTER and crowd-funding – enabler or impediment
Visitors to Sundance London got the opportunity to quiz Yancey Strickler, the CEO of Kickstarter, the crowd funding website that has……
Event Review: SHORTS ON TAP: Absurdia, 22 April 2014, Juno Shoreditch
It all began with a chair. Actually there were three of them in the front row for my fellow jurors, Jon Olav Stokke, Miriam Lee and……
Film Review: AVANT L’HIVER (BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL): A bad year for the roses
In AVANT L’HIVER (BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL), Daniel Auteuil plays Paul Natkinson, a neurosurgeon with a secret admirer –……
Film Review: CALVARY: Clerical error, gripping drama
Great actors allow you to read their thoughts in a close up. Brendan Gleeson is one such. In the opening seconds of CALVARY, we see……
Film Review: NOAH: Not exactly a wash out, but a little ark-some
Hoping to hang around in multiplexes for forty days and forty nights is NOAH, director Darren Aronofsky’s re-imagining of the……
Film Review: THE PAST: Misleading title, absorbing domestic drama
A SEPARATION, Iranian writer-director Ashgar Farhadi’s tale of a man struggling to cope with his wife leaving him, fighting……
Theatre at the Cinema: PRIVATE LIVES and the joys of performance
The phenomenon of beaming live events to cinemas is now well established, though there is no truth to the rumour that the X-Factor……
Recensione cinematografica: 20 Feet From Stardom - una visione al contrario
Devo confessare di provenire da una famiglia musicale– di certo avrete sentito parlare della canzone di OLIVER, ‘got to……
Film Review: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM – The view from the back
I have to confess that I come from a musical family – well, surely you have heard of OLIVER, ‘got to pick a pocket or……
Film Review: FRANK: If you must see one film about a Papier Mache head this year...
In FRANK, Michael Fassbender is completely unrecognisable, buried under a Papier Mache head. It seems like a perverse thing to do……
British cinema and the French connection
What do INTIMACY, ’71 and A LONG WAY DOWN all have in common? They are all British films directed by a Frenchman. Having taken……
Film Review: THE SPECTACULAR NOW: no, live for the future
If there were any justice in the world, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT wouldn’t be advertised on buses and rest rooms. (Rest rooms –……
Film Review: THE MONUMENTS MEN: I could do without the lecture
If you ever wanted to compare the tastes of British and American audiences, you need look no further than the British reaction to……
Imagined Conversation: HER: There’s something wrong with my operating system...
The critical hit of the winter is HER, Spike Jonze’s story about a man’s intimate relationship with a machine. Set in……
Imagined Conversation: JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT: a failure of intelligence
When a film destined for a December release doesn’t appear until January, you know it is in trouble. JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT……
Imagined Conversation: VENDETTA: should Danny Dyer fire his agent?
It’s hard to explain Danny Dyer to an American audience, but I’ll try. Think Steve Austin or Steven Seagal only he can’t……
JAWDANCE III – The camera failed me
The open mic poetry fest that is Jawdance bore its pearly whites once more in East London’s Rich Mix Arts Centre and this time……
Film Review: THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA: This ain’t real either, dude
'Only this hat is real,' explains Marten Persiel, director of THIS AIN'T CALIFORNIA When is a documentary not a documentary? Certain……
Larry Oliver – Diary of a Film Reviewer – 1 to 31 October 2013
Tuesday 1 October 2013 If procrastination has a name, I’ll tell you tomorrow. Kumar returned to his Future Film Steering Group,……
The LONDON FILM ACADEMY Annual Showcase 2013 – politely disturbed kids
If there is a theme to the thirteen short films produced by the 2013 alumni of the London Film Academy it is children looking disapprovingly……
FILM REVIEW: WHO NEEDS ENEMIES: STRUCTURED ABSENCES BUT YOU FEEL MORE IS MISSING
The influence of Quentin Tarantino can be found all over British crime drama, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES, the feature debut of writer-director……
JAWDANCE 2 – NO PERFORMANCE, BOO-HOO!
Having picked up the poetry bug from my last trip to Jawdance, the open-mic evening of spoken performance that takes place every last……
Larry Oliver – Diary of a Film Reviewer – 1 to 31 August 2013
Thursday 1 August 2013 The man and his youthful ward stand at the top of Hampstead Heath. It is three o’clock in the afternoon.……
Larry Oliver – Diary of a Film Reviewer – 1 to 31 July 2013
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Monday 1 July 2013 David Walliams is incredibly tall. This I discover at close quarters when he brushes by me as I wait for Kumar……
JAWDANCE, Rich Mix, London 24 July 2013: The Night I ‘Did’ Poetry
Not everyone can be a poet. It takes a special skill, the ability to write in the appropriate pentameter. You need to muster vivid……
Script for Honest Trailer: TRAP FOR CINDERELLA
Lately I’ve been hearing about so-called ‘honest trailers’ when some bored teenager or grandmother decides to redub……
Larry Oliver - Diary of a Film Reviewer – 1 to 31 May 2013
Wednesday 1 May Kumar Williams, whom I must introduce to any new readers as my faithful sidekick, the Sancho Panza to my Don Quixote,……
Larry Oliver – Diary of a Film Reviewer - 1 to 30 April 2013
Monday 1 April This cold weather is no joke. Global warming? Global freezing more like! Stroud Green must be the twin town of……
