All of a sudden the festival is just around the corner. The programme has been published, and it looks like we're in for a good ten days worth of films. The...
The story and some of the characters are a little over the top but it works,. Director Danny Devito uses a smart, funny, twisted script and a large cast of 'A'...
... A few other recommendations, based on things I've seen. Polissons et Galipettes played at last year's London Film Festival - it's an extraordinary...
Your review of this is bang-on Mike. From the description of the plot and premise, who would think this would be an engaging and entertaining film, but it is....
Thanks for the recommedations. I've already booked up quite a few films(!), but I'll see if there's any spare time for one or two of those you mention. Mike ...
Your mention of Hollywood in connection with this film reflects a conversation I had today at work, where we decided that Kaurismaki was the antithesis of the...
Yes, I reviewed it back in November last year (see message 602). I enjoyed the film, though I had strong reservations about the script. I haven't yet watched...
Three films for the price of one. There is the action film with truly stunning fight sequences, beautifully choreographed in the "wire work" style, and with ...
I was actually very disappointed with this film. The first Matrix film presented a fresh idea and left you wondering what really is real and what could be...
Everyone loved the first "Matrix", myself included. Did it not seem they got our hopes up real high for this new flick that between their new budget and...
Howdy all from the land of the Sundance Film Festival. It's one of the few saving graces of Utah, so I have to bring it out and show it off when I can. ... ...
I think I should stand up for Reloaded as it seems to have taken a bashing on this group. I've seen it a couple of times now and have decided it's a great...
I for one hated the first Matrix film. I could never understand what all the fuss was about. People talked about how original it was, and how it bent their...
From the evocative black and white opening shot, it's clear you are in the very special world of one of cinema's greatest poets - Andrei Tarkovsky. I am...
Having recently revisited Maclean's "Jesus' Son" and found it much more rewarding than when first viewed, I was keen to see the director's first feature which...
Depending on your point of view, a second American Civil War begin in the Nineteen Sixties with the Civil Rights Movement. The outcome of which fragmented with...
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In this Czech film, a couple who are desperate for a child, hit on a novel solution. Or at least the wife does when the husband cuts a log which resembles a...
Cambridge Film Festival 2003: UK Premier A very promising start to this year's festival, with this delightful comic road movie from Argentina. It's a simple...
Cambridge Film Festival 2003: UK Premiere The official opening film, and my second of this opening day. As with the first film I saw (Minimal Stories) this is...
Cambridge Film Festival 2003: UK Premiere A rather strange film which begins with lots of promise, but –for me at least – never quite finds its direction. ...
Cambridge Film Festival 2003: UK Premiere The tempo of this film is very mach adagio. Like the sparse, delicate chords of the piano soundtrack, it is...
Cambridge Film Festival 2003 Made before 9/11, this film's release has been delayed because of it's critical stance on the US military. In fact, as director ...
In an area of Iran which has suffered hugely from an earthquake, a director has come to make a film. We see how he interacts with the film crew, the actors,...
Cambridge Film Festival 2003 Every review I've seen of this film mentions the frightening fact that it will eventually form part of a multimedia labyrinth, ...
An extraordinarily powerful film, consisting of an interview with Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary. Junge was a young and rather naive young lady when she took...
