Reviews

Dir.: Tony Palmer; Cast: Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnel, Robert Stephens; UK 1987/8, 151'. British director Tony Palmer (Bird on a Wire)...

Dir: Francois Ozon | Cast: Marina Vacth, Geraldine Paihas, Frederic Pierrot, Fantin Ravat | 95’  French with English subtitles   Drama Student prostitution has already come under the spotlight with dazzling...

Dir: Roy William Neill | Cast: Basil Rathbone, Miles Mandar, Evelyn Ankers | Drama, 1944, 69’ Possibly the most fondly recalled of Universal's Sherlock Holmes adaptations. Directed with his usual casual excellence...

Dir: Stephen Soderbergh | Wri: Cast: Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, Pierce Brosnan, Gustaf Skarsgard | 93' 2025 An elite team of British intelligence...

Dir/Wri: Alain Guiraudie | Cast: Félix Kysyl, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Catherine Frot, Jacques Develay, David Ayala | France, Thriller 102' All over France the village bakery is becoming a thing of the...

Dir:: Christian Petzold | Germany, Drama 2005 Ghosts is one of Petzold’s most rewarding Berlin-based dramas whose tightly plotted slow-burn storyline requires careful attention to fully appreciate its traumatic implications. Personal...

Dir: Don Siegel  | Wri: Daniel Mainwaring | Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter | 90min  Sci-Fi/Thriller  US Don Siegel's sci-fi noir, based on Jack Finney’s novel, is one of the best...

Dir: Otar Iosseliani | Cast: Narda Blanchet, Pierette Pompom-Bailhache | Comedy Drama 115’ 1992 One of the films playing in this year's Otar Iosseliani retrospective at Bergamo is this delightful satire...

Dir: Marc Evans | Cast: Harry Lawtey, Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Aneurin Barnard, Steffan Rhodri | UK. 2025. 124' Most people have never heard of Philip Henry Burton (1904-95)....