Reviews

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...

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...

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...

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...

FAUST – EINE DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE Dir.: F.W. Murnau Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Yvette Guilbert, William Dieterle Germany 1926, 107 min. Initially it was Ludwig Berger (The Thief of Baghdad) who was...

Director: Hong Khaou Cast: Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei Pei, Naomi Christie, Andrew Leung, Peter Bowles 91mins  Drama UK  LILTING, is the feature debut of writer/director Hong Khaou. Made on a shoe-string, this simply-told...

Director: Adam Wimpenny Cast: Grey Wise, Gothic horror/Fantasy With a modest budget, a respectable cast of minor British acting talent and a quaint Oxfordshire setting, Adam Wimpenny has made a piece of fantasy...

Dir.: Biyi Bandele Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle Nigeria/UK 2013, 111 min. Olanna (Newton) and her twin sister Kainene (Rose) celebrate Nigeria’s independence in October 1960 with their...

Watching Arthur Ransome's children's classic "Swallows and Amazons" makes you realise just how much the world has changed, even since the seventies, when Claude Whatham's screen adaptation was made. Those...