You should know straight off when one of the main cast members of A Night in the Woods – yet another feeble entry in the
Category: Reviews
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
You could be forgiven for thinking that, if you haven’t seen the original Despicable Me (2010), the subtler nuances of the catchily entitled Despicable
Metamorphosis (2007)
You’re in trouble when a film pushes Mr Highlander (1986) himself, Christopher Lambert, as its ‘star’! Metamorphosis, by Hungarian director Jeno Hodi (responsible for
Army of Shadows (1969)
Director Jean-Pierre Melville’s controversial World War II drama Army of Shadows (1969), stars Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier the head of a small French
Vito (2011)
Some films though hard to watch, make essential, enlightening viewing. Vito, the biographic documentary by director Jeffrey Schwarz about the American film journalist and
The Car (1977)
The Car, director Elliot Silverstein’s ‘cult horror’ (and I use both words in their loosest sense), starring James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley and
Comedown (2012)
Comedown (2012), the indi-Brit horror from director Menhaj Huda starring Jacob Anderson, Sophie Stuckey and Geoff Bell, is reminiscent (one imagines) of a bad ‘trip’
The Comeback (1978)
The Comeback is a delightfully grimy and atmospheric experience. One of the last films by Britain’s ‘King of Sleaze’ Pete Walker – only Home Before
EXPERIMENT UNDER LONDON (1961) – The British Transport Films Collection, Vol. 11
Experiment Under London (1961), released by the BFI as part of their British Transport Films Collection, is an example of what the Institute does best
Robin Redbreast (1970)
Several classic television chillers, dusted down and rereleased by the BFI, seem tailor made for Halloween and the haunting season. Amongst them is Robin
Divergent (2014)
It’s a sign you’re getting old when you can sit through a screening of a film like Divergent (2014) – the high-tech adventure based
War Horse (2011)
There are two types of film within the rarefied world of the Hollywood Blockbuster – those made by Steven Spielberg, and those which
Screen & Gone 