Reviews

Director: Stephen S. Campanelli Cast: Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Morgan Freeman USA/SA 2015, 96 min. First time director Campanelli has honed his skill from being camera operator on big productions like Mazerunner and American...

Director: Chung Chang Wha Cast: Shin Young-Kyun, Kim Hye-Jung, Nam Goong Won, Yoon Il-Bong 12omin  Action Drama  Korea Filmed in black and white, this ambitious if overlong pro-Korean anti-imperialist action drama blends humour,...

Dir.: Taji Farouky Michael McEvoy; Documentary Afghanistan/UK 2015, 83 min. The Heavy Weapons Company, 3rd brigade, 215 Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) has the thankless task of serving in the Gereshk...

Director: Mauro Herce Writers: Mauro Herce, Manuel Muñoz Rivas Spain/France | Documentary | 70 min Mauro Herce’s invigoratingly nightmarish DEAD SLOW AHEAD is the masterclass in sound design that your ears never knew...

Dir. David Sington. UK, 2015, 96 mins. Hopefully, it's not often that you'll find yourself listening to an endless stream of drivel, delivered by an arch criminal, albeit a well-dressed and...

Dir.: Nicholas Hytner Cast: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Frances de La Tour, Jim Broadbent; UK 2015, 104 min. Nicholas Hytner (The Madness of King George) directs the film version of Alan Bennett’s...

Dir.: George Stevens Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Brandon de Wilde, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook jr USA 1953, 118 min. SHANE is the middle part of George Stevens ‘American...

Stephen Mayne caught up with Mya Taylor and Sean Baker during the UK Premiere of TANGERINE at this BFI London Film Festival  Capturing the moment is exciting but it comes at...

Director: John Ford | Writers Nunnally Johnson | John Steinbeck (novel) Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Doris Bowden 129min  | Drama | US John Ford’s THE GRAPES OF WRATH...