Reviews

Dir/Wri: Luc Besson | Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Christophe Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Zoe Bleu, Ewens Abid, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Jassem Mougari | France, Horror | 2025. 129' Hot on the...

Dir.: Ettore Scola; Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon; Italy/France 1977, 110 min. Ettore Scola (1931-2016) showed us the tragic side of life in Italy in a rather romanticised way,...

Dir/Wri: Eva Victor | Cast: Eva Victor US Drama Normally the dog dies in indie features but here it’s a mouse that is senselessly bludgeoned to death in this ‘Mumblecore’ style...

Dir: Mike Nichols | Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross | Drama | US | Dustin Hoffman was so nervous in the screen test for his debut screen performance that...

Dir: Sam Shahid |Doc. 2023 96' Reviewed by Peter Herbert George Platt Lynes (1907- 1955) and his obscurity is addressed in this stylish documentary by director Sam Shahid and dedicated colleagues. Hidden...

Dir: Justin Kurzel | Cast: Jacob Elordi, Odessa Young, Ciaran Hinds, Heather Mitchell, Masa Yamaguchi, Sho Kasamatsu, Simon Baker, Essie Davis, Olivia DeJonge | Australia, Drama 2025 | 5 Episodes The...

Dir: Ivan Passer |  71’ Drama 1965 Czechoslovakia contributed several substantial talents both to the British and the American cinemas; not least cinematographer Miroslav Ondricek, one of the two cameramen...

Dir:  Gabriel Axel | Cast: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson | Denmark  Drama | 102mins Based on Karen Blixen’s 1950 short story, originally set in Norway,...

Dir: Alexander Mackendrick: | Prod: Michael Balcon, DoP: Douglas Slocombe | Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Goff, Vida Hope 85’ UK  Drama  In the first of his...