Film Podcast #5: A Simple Life
DW Mault reviews Ann Hui’s drama A Simple Life – after suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people’s home. Stars...
Film Podcast #4: Japanese crime drama Himizu and this week’s film news
DW Mault reviews Shion Sono’s Himizu: two teenagers living a dystopian existence in post-tsunami Japan embark on a campaign of violence against evil wrong doers. Film news on The Great Gatsby and The...
Film Podcast #3: Flowers of War, Olympic Shorts and Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films Poll
DW Mault reviews Yimou Zhang’s Flowers of War, Olympic short films, and BFI’s Sight & Sound 2012 poll of the Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time. Hosted by director and cineaste DW Mault, with...
Who’s that girl? Tippi Hedren In Conversation
Tippi Hedren’s relationship with Alfred Hitchcock is part of Hollywood lore, and remains a favourite subject of the actor herself… In 1964, Tippi Hedren starred alongside Sean Connery in Marnie, a film arguably...
Brazil – Previewed
Nik Glover deconstructs Terry Gilliam’s dystopic bureaucratic nightmare, Brazil… On the surface, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) has nothing whatsoever to do with its new world economic powerhouse namesake, which perhaps makes it an odd choice to be...
Film Podcast #2: Margaret and the Toronto International Film Festival
This week, DW Mault reviews Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret, and discusses the Toronto International Film Festival announcements. Hosted by director and cineaste DW Mault, with special guests Adam Baird and Laura Brown. Wednesday 1...
The Turin Horse – Reviewed
Nietzsche’s life would never be the same following his experience with The Turin Horse. What did Adam Scovell make of it? Béla Tarr isn’t a director who likes to make things easy. His...
Film Podcast #1: Detachment and 360
In our inaugural film podcast, DW Mault reviews Tony Kaye’s Detachment, starring Adrien Brody, and City of God director Fernando Meirelles’ new film, 360. Hosted by director and cineaste DW Mault, with special...
Dark Knight Rising…
This Friday sees the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. To get in the mood, FACT screen the first two of the trilogy tomorrow… In 1939, a new character referred to...