The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep has been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Thatch in THE IRON LADY. Better justified is the nomination for Best Makeup, says Keith Braithwaite.
Category Archives: Reviews
Robert Mugabe… What Happened?
‘What can you do to a hero, or to a father, who has gone wayward? Can you discipline your father?’ Mike Boyd reviews this fascinating, frustrated portrait of Mugabe as a man, which is also an important history of the country as a whole.
The Underwire Festival
Women make up a small proportion of film creatives, and the UnderWire Festival looks to recognise the best short work made by women across a range of film related crafts – Jo Shaw reviewed this year’s festival.
War Horse
From literary success to stage sensation: the question is whether WAR HORSE can pack the same emotional punch on the silver screen. The answer for Steven Spielberg is yes and no according to Lillie Davidson.
LiTTLEROCK
A road trip comes to a halt against a backdrop of small-town scenery with an emotional landscape as wide as the human heart.
Interview with EXHIBIT A director Dom Rotheroe
EXHIBIT A is the story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure, eventually driven to the unimaginable. Rosy Hunt reviews the Yorkshire based found-footage thriller and speaks to its director Dom Rotheroe.
The Artist
Who knew the film that everyone would be talking about at the beginning of 2012 would be a silent movie? Sophisticated and daring, hilarious and heartbreaking, this work of art will leave you lost for words.
The Classics Don't Put You To Sleep at the Grand Illusion Cinema
Seattle’s Grand Illusion Cinema, the city’s longest running independent theater, recently featured Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife in its series, A Touch of Lubitsch (“to be continued when we get more Lubitsch on 35mm reels”). The first in a series of reviews from the Grand Illusion’s excellent programme.
Puss In Boots
Jim Shanks reviews Dreamworks’ PUSS IN BOOTS. If you enjoy this post, please make a donation to Cambridge Blue Cross Animal Shelter. Just £1 will buy a homeless ginger cat two pairs of tiny boots, and £5 will buy him an épée. It’s a tough world out there.
Crispin Glover reviewed and interviewed
Rosy Hunt attended Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slideshow and screenings of his films “What Is It?” and “It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.” at the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, London. She also had the privilege of interviewing the auteur himself, but regrets that she did most of the talking.