Aug 13, 2014
Dir.: Tony Gerber, Maxim Pozdorovkin;
Documentary; USA/Russia 2014, 90 min.
Tony Gerber's documentary on Victor Bout suffers a little from too much footage of the man himself, and too little explanatory material....
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Aug 12, 2014
Writer/Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt
89min Fantasy Sci-Fi
One of the pivotal figures of the 'Cinema du Look' movement, giving his films a highly...
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Aug 12, 2014
Director/Writer: Xavier Dolan
Cast: Xavier Dolan, Evelyn Brochu, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy
102min Canada/France Drama
Quebec wild child Xavier Dolan roared into Venice 2013 with this screen adaptation of a play by Michel...
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Aug 12, 2014
DIE FRAU DES POLIZISTEN
Dir.: Philip Gröning;
Cast: Alexandra Finder, David Zimmerschied, Chiara Kleemann, Pia Kleemann; Germany 2013, 175 min.
In 59 chapters, each divided by about 45 seconds intervals, Philip Gröning (Into...
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Aug 11, 2014
Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas
Writer: Syllas Tzoumerkas, Youla Boudali
Cast: Angeliki Papoulia, Vassilis Doganis, Maria Filini, Yorgos Biniaris
Greece/Germany/Netherlands Drama 83mins
For Maria (Aggeliki Papoulia), the driving force of Syllas Tzoumerkas’ second feature A BLAST,...
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Aug 10, 2014
DIE FRAU IM MOND/WOMAN IN THE MOON
Dir.: Fritz Lang
Cast: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fritz Rasp, Klaus Pohl;
Germany 1929, 170 min.
DIE FRAU IM MOND is Fritz Lang’s last...
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Aug 7, 2014
Director: John Michael McDonaugh
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Kelly O'Reilly, Chris O'Dowd, Dylan Moran, Aidan Gillen
John Michael McDonagh's perfectly-pitched follow-up to THE GUARD (2011) has another tour de force from Brendan Gleeson...
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Aug 5, 2014
Alex Barrett spoke to Chris Mason Johnson during his recent visit to London. His latest film TEST is now out on DVD.
The first thing that strikes me about Chris Mason...
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Aug 4, 2014
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: John Michael Hays
Cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jesse Royce Landis, H H Hughson, Charles Vanel, Brigitte Auber
106min Technicolour drama UK RE-RELEASE
In this frothy frolic, Alfred Hitchcock captures...
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