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...

Dir.: Tony Palmer; Documentary with Vaclav Neumann and Julian Lloyd-Webber CSSR 1988, 52 min. Produced in 1988, the same year as his Shostakovich biography “Testimony”, Tony Palmer’s DVORAK- IN LOVE? is set...

Director/Writer   Spike Jonze Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Chris Pratt, and Rooney Mara. US Drama Spike Jonze is best known for Being John Malkovich and Where the Wild Things Are.  Her is his first outing...

Director: Stephen Brown Writer: John Bamville (novel) Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Ciaran Hinds, Natasha McEhlone, Rufus Sewell, Sinead Cusack, Karl Johnson, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Dillon Stephen Brown directs John Bamville's screen adaptation, loosely based...