Gravity
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.
Category Archives: Reviews
Material
Both filmmaker and lead character strike a delicate balance between charisma and integrity in the excellent comedy MATERIAL, writes Alison Hicks.
Le Week-End
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.
The Fifth Estate: What is Truth?
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.
Captain Phillips
For a film that wrings such expertly orchestrated tension from real life events, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS turns out to be surprisingly unmemorable.
Filth
FILTH is a superbly lurid and comedically pitch-black spiral into a man’s mental hell, with James McAvoy on perhaps his best form to date.
El Bosc
An adult fairy tale set in the Spanish Civil War, EL BOSC (THE FOREST) combines an entertaining wartime drama with light touches of fantasy to great effect.
Rush
Although it steps on the gas for a terrific finale, the lead actors of RUSH are slightly let down by director Ron Howard and the script, writes Jim Ross.
Fairy Tale Killer
Is Danny “THE EYE” Pang painting by numbers, or sketching out a new line in horror? FAIRY TALE KILLER is available on DVD from 7 October.
In A World…
Lake Bell’s witty directorial debut takes aim at industry sexism without being seminar-like about it, writes Jim Ross.