Reviews

Director: Klaartje Quirijns Starring: Anton Corbijn, Bono, Martin Gore 80mins             Biopic about photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn                   For those of you that don’t know, Anton Corbijn is...

September ushers in a cool array of arthouse movies to enjoy now the evenings are drawing in. First up is Tabu, Miguel Gomes' complex and involving drama that compares the...

Director: Miguel Gomes Cast: Teresa Nadruga, Ana Moreira, Laura Saveral, Carloto Cotta, Henrique Esprito Santo 118mins    Portuguese with English subtitles Does anyone really live happily ever after or is old age a...

Director: Guy Maddin Starring: Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Keir 94mins  Horror Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin took the inspiration for this black and white thirties-style horror film from Carl Dreyer's "Vampyr" the daddy...

Director: John Hillcoat.  Writer: Nick Cave Cast: Shia Lebeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman. Prohibition brought a sense of dread and restlessness to Virginia in the 1930s.  John Hillcoat’s savage tale of bootlegging...

Director Joe Wright    Screenwriter: Tom Stoppard Starring: Jude Law, Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Aaron Johnson Atonement director Joe Wright has placed the writing credits of this take on Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece...

Directed by: David Kew, Neil Thompson.  Writers: Paul Abbott, Jimmy Dowdall Cast: Stephen Dillane, Parminder Nagra, Kaya Scodelario 106mins  Action thriller [youtube id="CKPBMlM_4k4" width="600" height="350"] East London is the setting for this well-paced Britflic...

This weekend's Blue Moon brings sensuous delights to the silver screen with the opening of Samsara, Ron Fricke's breathtaking visual meditation on the cycle of life.  A sequel to his...

Director: Ron Fricke                   Writer: Mark Magidson Documentary Samsara is a visual tour de force that will appeal to anyone interested in the natural world or...