FAUST – EINE DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE Dir.: F.W. Murnau Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Yvette Guilbert, William Dieterle Germany 1926, 107 min. Initially it was Ludwig Berger (The Thief of Baghdad) who was...

Dir.: Biyi Bandele Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle Nigeria/UK 2013, 111 min. Olanna (Newton) and her twin sister Kainene (Rose) celebrate Nigeria’s independence in October 1960 with their...

Watching Arthur Ransome's children's classic "Swallows and Amazons" makes you realise just how much the world has changed, even since the seventies, when Claude Whatham's screen adaptation was made. Those...

Director: Erik Skoldbjaerg Writer: Nikolaj Frobenius and others Cast: Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Aksel Hennie, Jonathan LaPaglia, Jorgen Langhelle, Andre Eriksen 111 min  Thriller  Norway Erik Skoldbjaerg - best known for Insomnia (1997) delves back...

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL ****   SILVER BEAR, GRAND JURY PRIZE Writer/Director: Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness Cast: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric,  Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum,...

Director: Seijun Suzuki Cast: Jo Shishido, Anne Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Koji Nanbara Japan, 1967, 98 min. Born in 1923, Suzuki, albeit a B-picture director, has found a great following in Europe particularly in...

THE ASSASSIN (L’ASSASSINO) Dir.: Elio Petri; Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Salvo Randone, Christina Gaioni; Italy 1961, 105 min. This is the first feature film of Elio Petri (1929-1982), who would become...

Director/Writer: Walter Hill Cast: Bruce Dern, Ryan O'Neal, Matt Clark, Ronee Blakley, Isabelle Adjani 91min  Thriller  US Marked by its taut minimalism and sombre tone, this tightly-plotted action thriller is the second feature of...

DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (1997) this comedy construct, in which Allen also stars as a writer looking back over his career, has some nastily neurotic revelations that often feel disturbingly personal.  In...