Views from Filmland ….
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
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
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
Peter Cushing may well have had legendary German filmmaker F. W. Murnau’s Faust (1926) in mind, when he said that he found a creaking door and half
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, director Elliot Silverstein’s ‘cult horror’ (and I use both words in their loosest sense), starring James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley and
“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” Marilyn Monroe was a woman who clearly practised
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 is a delightfully grimy and atmospheric experience. One of the last films by Britain’s ‘King of Sleaze’ Pete Walker – only Home Before
“This, anyhow, is what enchants me about Sirk: this delirious mixture of medieval and modern, sentimentality and subtlety, tame compositions and frenzied CinemaScope.” The above
World War II was a buoyant time for the cinema industry, particularly in America. In order to forget the horrors which were ripping the world
Sometimes you really have to question the aim of a film. Inseparable (2011), written and directed by Dayyan Eng and starring Kevin Spacey, Daniel Wu
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