The New Czech Cinema
Watch out Romania, the Czech New Wave is coming… When we speak about new wave in the context of cinema, one’s mind will most readily (almost invariably) leap to names like Jean-Luc Godard...
Film Podcast #27: Trance and Dans La Maison
Film Podcast #27: Trance and Dans La Maison by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Danny Boyle’s neo noir thriller Trance and Francois Ozon’s psychological drama Dans la Maison … Filmed...
The Princess Bride Reissued
… Inconceivable!
A year on from celebrating its 25th anniversary, we take a look at why The Princess Bride proves so enduring… A beautiful princess, a dashing and handsome masked hero and as bad as...
Film Podcast #26: Reality & Beyond the Hills
Film Podcast #26: Reality & Beyond the Hills by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Matteo Garrone’s paranoid comedy Reality (2012), and Cristian Mungiu’s dark drama Beyond the Hills (2012). Reality:...
Darkness Into Light
A brand new film night begins next week. We caught up with director, writer and cineaste DW Mault to tell us all about it… You’ll know him, if a regular reader of The...
Film Podcast #25: Broken and Caesar Must Die
Film Podcast #25: Broken and Caesar Must Die by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews violent family drama Broken, and Italian prison docudrama Caesar Must Die. Loosely based on To Kill...
Ken Loach and The Spirit of ’45
DW Mault talks to director Ken Loach about new film The Spirit of ’45, his appearance on Question Time and the new left… Ken Loach exists in a vacuum, a place unloved and...
Bullhead – Previewed
DW Mault can’t help but be impressed by a stunning physical performance in Michaël R. Roskam’s Bullhead… Hunter S Thompson was fond of quoting Samuel Johnson as an explanation for his attempt (and failure)...
Film Podcast #24: A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman
Film Podcast #24: A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews this ‘factually incorrect’ animated biography of Graham Arthur Chapman, one...