Reviews

Dir.: Philip Barantini; Cast: Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham, Ray Panthaki, Jason Flemyng, Lourdes Faberes; UK 2021, 92 min. Stephen Graham is a budding star chef in this adrenaline fuelled...

SUNDANCE is the first major film festival of the year; a true indie festival coming to you from snowy Utah courtesy of its founder Robert Redford. Setting the benchmark for...

Wri/Dir: Matthew Vaughn | UK, Action Comedy, 130’ Ralph Fiennes and Rhys Ifans lead a magnificent cast in this entertaining if occasionally ridiculous romp, a historical re-write riffing on an eponymous...

Dir: Gordon Douglas | US Drama 99’ This unusual title - aka Elephants Never Forget - is familiar to most cinephiles as Oliver Hardy's one starring vehicle of the sound era without Stan...

Dir/Wri: Asghar Farhadi | Cast: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sahar Goldust | Iran Drama 127' Another moral satire from Asghar Farhadi that mulls over truth, honesty and family life...

Dir: Jack Arnold | Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jack Carson, Jeanne Crain, Gail Russell | US Noir, 93' The Tattered Dress is the second of four programmers released by Universal in 1957 directed...

Dir: Orlando von Einsiedel | UK Doc | 95' A quietly moving exploration of grief is set in the Highlands of Scotland and the glorious summer seascapes of Cumbria where a...

Dir.: Francois Truffaut; Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Patrick Auffay, Georges Flamant; France 1959, 100 min. Francois Truffaut was banned from attending the Cannes Film Festival in 1959...

Dir: Shue Matsubayashi | Japan Sci-fi, 110’ Made the year before the Cuban Missile Crisis; even in the dubbed and abbreviated version I've just watched on YouTube (the original was half...