Hit and Run
HIT AND RUN, for all its faults, manages to largely avoid some of the more lazy and offensive attitudes and stereotyping that has beset recent American comedies, writes Jim Ross.
Category Archives: Reviews
Mientras Duermes (Sleep Tight)
Luis Tosar stars in MIENTRAS DUERMES, playing César, a downtrodden janitor who just wants to be happy – and to this end, ruins the lives of the tenants in his building, like an evil AMELIE.
The Night Elvis Died
THE NIGHT ELVIS DIED (LA NIT QUE VA MORIR L’ELVIS) is a challenging but ultimately rewarding film about intolerance, conflict, and, most importantly, passion, writes Dan Harling.
Grandma Lo-Fi
Shot over a period of seven years on bleary Super8 film, GRANDMA LO-FI gives an amusing insight into the working mind and thought processes of a septuagenarian garage rockstar, writes Huw Oliver.
Flying Blind
Slick, polemical and beautifully rendered, FLYING BLIND is reminiscent of the best of BBC crime drama, but with a painterly mise-en-scène, writes Hannah Clarkson.
Home For The Weekend (Was Bleibt)
Hans-Christian Schmid’s melancholy domestic drama is a sensitive, realistic portrayal of a family walking on eggshells, and the tragedy that awaits when they begin to crack, writes Lillie Davidson.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
All sushi lovers should make sure they see JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI: a loving portrait of Jiro Ono, the 85-year-old proprietor of the beloved Tokyo sushi restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro. The story is woven in a dreamlike fashion with close-up shots of freshly made fish, shots inside the kitchen and the infamous fish market. The simple, … Continue reading Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Starbuck
Blandly competent film-making at its anodyne best: Keith Braithwaite reviews the French comedy STARBUCK, screened at Cambridge Film Festival.
Doudege Wénkel (Blind Spot)
Jim Ross reviews DOUDEGE WÉNKEL, a police thriller from Luxermbourgian director Christophe Wagner that premiered in the UK at the Cambridge Film Festival.
North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite plot, the innocent man on the run, is given the most expansive treatment in NORTH BY NORTHWEST. It is THE 39 STEPS on steroids; it is Hitchcock trying to out-Hitchcock himself, writes Gavin Midgley.