Time Bandits
TIME BANDITS is the first in Gilliam’s trilogy which also includes BRAZIL and THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Picturehouse’s “Culture Shock” strand brought the remastered BANDITS to Cambridge.
Category Archives: Reviews
Only God Forgives
Hyper-conscious, hallucinatory & highly contemplative – tantamount to being stuck in a ponderous nightmare, but one you’ve agreed to partake in. Dan Harling on ONLY GOD FORGIVES.
From Up On Poppy Hill
Gorō Miyazaki had full artistic control of POPPY HILL but his 72-year-old father was involved in script-writing and poster design – it seems Hayao Miyazaki never wants to retire.
Season of Mists (Sezon Tumanov)
The first genuine Anglo-Russian coproduction for about 10 years, SEASON OF MISTS is an intelligent, thoughtful and charming drama, writes Kim Pearce.
Blackfish
BLACKFISH is an unashamedly polemical documentary and it will make you angry too, writes Keith Braithwaite
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach’s love letter to New York City is a rare gem on growing up and tragicomedy of it all, writes Lillie Davidson.
Dial M For Murder
Hitchcock’s only 3D film, now re-released, has points of interest but otherwise remains an unexceptional entry in the director’s career, writes Gavin Midgley.
The World’s End
Although it doesn’t hit the comedic heights of its predecessors, THE WORLD’S END may be the most interesting of Edgar Wright’s homage-driven trilogy of films, writes Jim Ross.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The true story of an adult foundling who mystified 1820s Germany. Herzog’s classic has been re-released at BFI Southbank and cinemas nationwide.
A Field In England
Ben Wheatley’s mesmerising trip to the past captures a key moment when chaos reigned supreme, writes Gavin Midgley.