Tag Vincent Cassel

The Monk: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

Dominik Moll’s The Monk is so redolent with Gothic gloom, overweening piety and suppressed lust that it’s almost in danger of self-combusting. It’s held together by a towering performance from Vincent Cassel, who played Natalie Portman’s tyrannical mentor in Black… Continue Reading →

BFI London Film Festival: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

As the 55th BFI London Film Festival enters the final week it’s time to take stock of the good, the bad and David Cronenberg’s “unmentionables”. The Canadian director’s latest movie, A Dangerous Method, is just pants. (To illustrate this point… Continue Reading →

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