Reviews

Dir: James Mangold | US Musical Drama 2024 “Well, I wake up every morning/Fold my hands and pray for rain/I’ve got a headful of ideas/That are driving me insane” - ‘Maggie’s...

Dir: Tim Fehlbaum | Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson | US Thriller 94’ September 5 takes us back to a time...

Director: Luchino Visconti | Cast: Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Claudia Cardinale, Spiras Focas, Max Cartier | Italy 1960, 180’ After La Terra Trema (1948), Visconti returned to...

Dir: Hayao Miyazaki | Cast: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Mari Netsuke Miyu Irino, Rumi HIragi, Suzanne Pleshette | 126min  Japanese Animation If ever a film deserved to be called 'fantastic' it...

Dir: Michael Powell | Cast: Wendy Hillier, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown. Uk Drama 90’ If 'Black Narcissus' conclusively demonstrated Michael Powell's skills as a director by recreating India at Pinewood, 'I...

Wri/Dir: Pablo Agüero | Cast: Louis Garrel, Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Sergej Onopko, Yseult, Blanche Redouloux | France Drama 98’ The French writer and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery has always held...

Dir: Ellen Kuras | US Biopic 117' Best known for her staggering images of the Second World War Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller (1907-77), aka Lady Penrose, was an American photographer and photojournalist...

Dir: Jack Cocker | UK Doc 90 Who was your favourite Bond?. If the answer is Roger Moore (1927-2017) then this new BBC-commissioned documentary offers fascinating insight into the real man...

Wri/Dir: Guy Maddin | Comedy drama 100’ 1992 The tales produced by Canadian director Guy Maddin often resemble silent films and his first in colour looked as if it had been...