Reviews

Dir.: Marcel Carné Cast: Jean Gabin, Arletty, Jules Berry, Jacqueline Laurent; France 1938, 86 min. Between 1937 and 1953 the duo of director Marcel Carné (1906-1996) and writer Jacques Prevert (1900-1977) created...

Dir.: Jonathan Nossiter DocumentaryItaly/France 2014, 85 min. Ten years after Mondovino, where he exposed the on-goings of the French vine industry, Jonathan Nossiter visits Italy to interview ‘resistance fighters’ of the same...

Director: Christian Schwochow  Writer: Heide Schwochow Cast: Jordis Triebel, Tristan Gobel, Alexander Sheer, Jacky Ido, Anja Antonowicz, Ryszard Ronczewski, 102min  Drama   German with subtitles Christian Schwochow’s escape drama WEST explores the pursuit...

Britain’s best-loved, independent cinema organisation, EALING STUDIOS, produced a dazzling array of comedies and noirish dramas during the 1940s and 50s, adding a rich vein of provocative and subversive films...

Dir.: Sion Sono Cast: Ryohei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, Riki Takeuchi Japan 2014, 116 min. Since his European breakthrough with COLD FISH (2010), Japanese director’s Sion Sono’s film’s have increasingly done  away...

Director: John Huston   Screenplay: Arthur Miller Cast: Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach, Estelle Winwood 125min   Drama Romance Western  US The jury's still out on posterity's final...

Dir.: Edgar Reitz Cast: Jan Dieter Schneider, Marita Breuer, Melanie Fouche, Rüdiger Krise, Antonia Bill, Maximilian Scheidt, Philine Lembeck, Christoph Luser Germany/France 2013/14, 231 min. Few directors would start their eighth decade shooting...

Marilyn Monroe's success in the Hollywood firmament was built on a ruthless control of her own image: and whilst the myth would suggest that the Studio controlled her success, it...

Dir.: Tod Browning Cast: Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova, Daisy Earles, Henry Victor, Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams USA 1932, 62 min. Dystopic Drama After the success of Dracula (1930) MGM wanted something “even more...