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...
Lore – Reviewed
DW Mault considers Cate Shortland’s second feature, Lore, and much more besides… Someone brighter and sharper than myself once told me that Language (in whatever form), is strange and uncanny; the way it’s...
Film Podcast #23: Lore and Mea Maxima Culpa
Film Podcast #23: Lore and Mea Maxima Culpa by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Second World War thriller Lore (2012) and documentary on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Mea...
Lift-Off Film Festival
As Lift-Off Film Festival hits the cities screens, Rachael Jones is looking forward to 15+ hours of cinema … Founded in 2011, by up and coming independent filmmakers Ben Pohlman and James Alexander, this...
Film Podcast #22: The Paperboy and Cloud Atlas
Film Podcast #22: The Paperboy and Cloud Atlas by The Double Negative on Mixcloud DW Mault reviews Lee Daniels’ violent thriller The Paperboy, and sci-fi mystery drama Cloud Atlas. In Daniels’ (Precious) The...
From The Sea To The Land Beyond
DW Mault on BFI doc. From The Sea To The Land Beyond, and Liverpool’s unique relationship with its coastline… The sea is a master that fears no one but instills in everyone who...
Sister
DW Mault on Ursula Meier’s Sister, screening tonight as part of FACT’s Discover Tuesdays… Scattered noise and its opposite number does strange things to a consciousness. The noise is in fact the noise...