Very few films have the wit, flair and sheer audacity to leave you smiling hours after the final credits. The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius’ dazzling black and white homage to 1920s Hollywood delivers all of that — then slays you with… Continue Reading →
Before a recent press screening at the 55th BFI London Film Festival, one critic was moaning about the lack of good film programmes on TV. He seemed particularly incensed about the timing of BBC1’s long-running Film 2011, dismissing Claudia Winkleman… Continue Reading →
From The Umbrellas of Cherbourg to the (temporary) boss of an umbrella factory — you could say that Catherine Deneuve’s long screen career has come full circle. François Ozon’s frothy comedy Potiche reunites her with another giant of postwar French… Continue Reading →
You can always rely on London’s antiquated transport system not to deliver you to your destination in a timely fashion. En route to a press screening of Take Shelter at the 55th BFI London Film Festival today, I ran into… Continue Reading →
Movie femmes fatales are ten a penny, but never underestimate the danger posed by a woman toting a violin case. Like Daniel Auteuil in Un Coeur en Hiver, the hero of Stéphane Brizé’s Mademoiselle Chambon finds the twin attractions of… Continue Reading →
Gwyneth Paltrow sported a fake moustache in Shakespeare in Love and Hilary Swank stuffed a sock down her jeans for Boys Don’t Cry. For Laure, the 10-year-old heroine of Tomboy, it’s a tub of Play-Doh that helps prolong her dream… Continue Reading →
With Lars von Trier’s antics hogging the headlines, it’s easy to forget that it was his Danish compatriot Susanne Bier who picked up this year’s Oscar for best foreign language film. For those with an aversion to subtitles, the good… Continue Reading →
If you’ve never seen Kind Hearts and Coronets, I feel a little envious. I’m not so resentful that, like the film’s antihero Louis Mazzini, I’d actually go out and commit multiple murders. But first-time viewers are definitely in for a… Continue Reading →
How many films and TV shows have left you quaking at the thought of your quiet home town being overrun by flesh-eating zombies or sex-crazed vampires? As real mob violence hits the streets of Ealing in west London, it seems… Continue Reading →
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