Cosmopolis
“What could have been an abstract WALL STREET for the new generation becomes a thick, concrete jungle of good ideas, in which the audience simply get lost and want to go home.” Mike Boyd reviews COSMOPOLIS
All posts by Mike Boyd (Editor-at-large)
Galway African Film Festival
Mike Boyd reviews the up-and-coming, relatively young Galway African Film Festival, which is quickly finding its place on the periphery of the more established festivals in the UK.
Skoonheid (Beauty)
Mike Boyd reviews SKOONHEID (BEAUTY), and finds a highly engaging drama set in modern post-Apartheid South Africa.
Sundance London: Day 1
TAKE ONE’s Mike Boyd is taking in the atmosphere and films at Sundance London, the new UK leg of Robert Redford’s world famous festival
BSFF 2012 Closing Event: Highlights of the British Silent Film Fest
As the lights of Cambridge rose in the dusk of Sunday evening, the curtains also drew to a close on the 15th British Silent Film Festival. Mike Boyd reports back from a night to remember.
BSFF 2012: Livingstone
LIVINGSTONE was described as ‘a film more romantic in its making than any motion picture yet produced’ at the time of its release in 1926. This is still true compared to perhaps any other film made during the silent era. The extraordinary aspect of the film is its production, which in turn makes for an … Continue reading BSFF 2012: Livingstone
Bonsai
Very few films begin by telling the audience the ending in such a blatant manner as ‘In the end, Emilia dies and Julio does not die’. But in a film like this, obviously that fact is less important than the route it will take to get there – and soon one wonders if that is … Continue reading Bonsai
Norwich Film Festival 2012: Day One
“Much a like a great mix tape, where each song sounds like a classic.” Mike Boyd reviews the opening night of Norwich Film Festival 2012.
NFF2012: Interview with Bernard Hill
While young, the Norwich Film Festival boasts such a broad spectrum of genres and methods of filmmaking, and the judges themselves, like Bernard Hill, represent many aspects of the industry – bringing together the experienced and the new talent in a fantastic programme over the course of the two weekends.
In Retrospect: Rosemary's Baby
Mike Boyd puts Polanski’s groundbreaking horror ROSEMARY’S BABY in context.