Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett is a magnificent, slow-motion human disaster in Woody Allen’s BLUE JASMINE, writes Ann Linden.
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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.
Disability Sport And Art Festival 2013
The films screened as part of the Disability Sport and Art Festival 2013 range from the insightful and poignant to the enjoyably barmy, writes Dan Harling.
Mushrooming (Seenelkäik)
Steve Williams reviews Toomas Hussar’s directorial debut MUSHROOMING, a satire on the conflict between social decency and people’s true and hidden natures.
The World Is Ours
Director Alfonso Sanchez uses the financial crisis to frame his new comedy, EL MUNDO ES NUESTRO, wherein two Sevillians decide to dress as holy penitents and rob a bank.
Quartet
The novelty of venerated stars using swear words and subverting their reputation as treasured thespians glosses over a thin premise in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, writes Ed Frost.
Robot & Frank
ROBOT AND FRANK is a dutiful shot in the arm to science fiction, calmly addressing a range of prescient topics without flashy aesthetics, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.
David Frankel Interview
After opening the Cambridge Film Festival with his new film HOPE SPRINGS, Jim Ross spoke to director David Frankel about the film and how hard it is to make interesting and challenging films in Hollywood.
Starbuck
Blandly competent film-making at its anodyne best: Keith Braithwaite reviews the French comedy STARBUCK, screened at Cambridge Film Festival.
Passport to Pimlico
The Ealing brand is well known for its comedy output in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but 1949 was a particularly golden year: Gavin Midgley ranks PASSPORT TO PIMLICO among the finest comedies ever to be made on these shores.