Saving Mr Banks
SAVING MR BANKS looks at the father-daughter relationship that inspired MARY POPPINS. Our relationships define us and the stories we tell, writes Alison Hicks.
SAVING MR BANKS looks at the father-daughter relationship that inspired MARY POPPINS. Our relationships define us and the stories we tell, writes Alison Hicks.
Coming straight off his starring role in Godard’s A BOUT DE SOUFFLE, Belmondo here plays a more conventional type of crook in CLASSE TOUS RISQUES.
Stephen Frears’ emotional crowdpleaser boasts a memorable partnership in Steve Coogan and Judi Dench, writes Gavin Midgley.
Such a shame that great films like SO YOUNG, which show how Chinese culture has moved with the times, are not picked up by UK distributors, writes H. Chan.
Brothers: grim. Djamila Sahraoui’s civil war drama would strike to the heart of any mother, says Keith Braithwaite.
Not just a space romp: Bullock’s performance in GRAVITY has been compared to Maria Falconetti in Carl Dreyer’s THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC.
Both filmmaker and lead character strike a delicate balance between charisma and integrity in the excellent comedy MATERIAL, writes Alison Hicks.
A fifty-something couple on a mini-break: sounds a bit beige. But LE WEEK-END moves in whimsical waves of bohemia, writes Alison Hicks.
We may have reached one limit to what Benedict Cumberbatch can do – and it was beginning to look as if there weren’t any, writes Keith Braithwaite.
For a film that wrings such expertly orchestrated tension from real life events, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS turns out to be surprisingly unmemorable.