Director: Michael Winterbottom Writers: Barbie Latza Nadeau and Paul Viragh Cast: Daniel Brühl, Cara Delevingne, Kate Beckinsale, Ava Acres 101mins   Drama    English/UK Michael Winterbottom's latest film captures the mood of uncertainty and...

JET STORM (1959)  Written and directed by Cy Endfield (Zulu) this 1959 star-studded aviation drama has Dame Sybil Thorndyke, Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley, Paul Eddington, Diane Cilento, Bernard Braden, Mai Zetterling,...

Writer/Director: Roy Andersson Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom 101 mins, Sweden, Germany, Norway, France To paraphrase Chaplin, life is a tragedy in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. That’s the spirit of Roy Andersson’s...

Director: Robert Altman  Writer: Joan Tewkesbury Cast: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall, Geraldine Chapman, Jeff Goldblum, Lily Tomlin, Henry Gibson 159min   Drama Musical   US It’s hard to imagine...

Director: Bernard Rose Cast: David Garrett, Jared Harris, Joely Richardson, Veronica Ferres, Christian McKay 114min  Musical Biopic    UK|US After some interesting outings with experimental fare and psychological dramas, the most successful being...

Director: Neil Jordan Cast: Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane 103min  UK   Crime Drama MONA LISA has Bob Hoskins scraping the barrel as soft-centred, hard-bitten petty crim George, who takes...

Dir.: Hannes Schalle Documentary; Austria/UK 2014, 90 min. On the 1st of August 1976 the Austrian Formula One racing driver Nikki Lauda was involved in a horrendous accident on the Nürburgring during...

Dir.: Dennis Hopper Cast: Robert Duvall, Sean Penn, Maria Conchita Alonso, Trinidad Silva USA 1988, 127 min. By the time he directed COLORS in 1988, Hollywood enfant terrible Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) had reached...

Dir: Phil Joanou Cast: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turtorro, Burgess Meredith; USA 1990, 134 min. Director Joanou has a diverse output, reaching from U2 Rattle and Hum...