Matinee Idols
This week saw MGM launch its Matinee series in Picturehouse Cinemas. We run through our pick of a divine dozen… If this week’s screening at FACT of the much loved Billy Wilder-directed dramedy,...
Studio Ghibli Double Bill
Screening at FACT this Sunday, Rachael Jones looks at a pair of very different Studio Ghibli films celebrating their 25th anniversaries… The earliest known anime dates back to 1917; however, the characteristic anime...
Pulp Pleasures: Dr Who
Ahead of FACT’s screening of a pair of Peter Cushing-starring Dr Who films, Adam Scovell investigates their enduring appeal… There’s something distinctly pleasurable about the two 1960s Doctor Who films. They’re completely farfetched,...
In Bloom
DW Mault on a pair of films dealing with the vitality and cruelty of youth… The romance of narrative is perpetually at odds with reality; which is a problem that longs for an...
Mud – Previewed
DW Mault finds danger and beauty in Mud, the latest flick forcing us to reassess Matthew McConaughey… Modern American literature is a bastard form of originality that sings from the descent of manifest...
New Almodóvar film? I’m So Excited!
Ahead of the release of Pedro Almodóvar’s new film I’m So Excited!, Nathan Richardson ponders whether the Spanish director has his head in the clouds, or rooted in reality… When it comes to...
Post Tenebras Lux – Previewed
Post Tenebras Lux won Carlos Reygadas best director at Cannes last year. Here, DW Mault argues it is a film helping light the way for Cinema’s next evolution… Is there a more perfect...
Bicycle Thieves – Previewed
Adam Scovell gets to grips with Bicycle Thieves, arguing the classic is unfairly burdened by its era… There are certain films that come with a great deal of baggage; a constant array of...
The Place Beyond The Pines
Despite the subterfuge of the trailer, DW Mault glimpses the wood through the trees, in The Place Beyond The Pines… An 11 year old recently said to me that if something isn’t comedic...