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The central character in Hotel Rwanda has been described by many commentators as the African Schindler. This conjures up an interesting cinematic comparison:...
I have loved Wes Anderson's previous films, but after seeing the damn trailer a hundred times I had an awful sense of foreboding about this one. The opening...
A carefully controlled, intense, and utterly compelling film. Its story of witchcraft in a 17th century Danish village is bleak but, in its concentration on...
Hi Mike, I've seen this movie this week-end and I kinda agree with you. It is not a masterpiece indeed. Not the kind of movie with a special things. I was...
Hi PY Yes, the film does ask a lot of searching questions about the West's response to the situation in Rwanda. The part where an official refuse to confirm...
A kind of modern take on those grisly 70s and 80s slashers, I thought this horror film was genuinely gripping and well made. There is no time to relax in a...
How can you resist a film that boasts Elvis living in the `Mud Creek Shady Rest' home, with a growth on his `pecker', fighting rather large cockroaches, a...
This left me rather, well, indifferent. Straight-laced son embarrassed by free-spirited mother: it's a storyline that doesn't sound promising, and isn't. The...
Not only is this a vividly menacing thriller genre piece, but it is also a powerful and mature study of the corrupting power of revenge. Paddy Considine's...
Hi Mike This is actually the first film I have caught at the cinema in four months, so rather than right a review (namely yours ha ha) I will just follow on...
Hi Mike I have to confess that the first time I saw Royal Tenebaums, I was less than enthralled (partly due to the peculiar atmosphere in the cinema). When I...
I enjoyed this rather dark and somewhat surreal farce. Its warped humour is not just confined to the rather good script, but also finds its way into some nice...
Hi, Im studying 'No5 the film' for my media studies A level exam. This is in actual fact a 2 minute long ad with 1 minutes worth of credits for Chanel No5...
The wonderful institution of the Cambridge Film Festival starts its 25th season on 7 July and runs through to 17 July. The opening night film is Robert...
A startling cinematic translation of the graphic novel style. Sin City is a vision of hell: a dark and brutish metropolis, where men are men, women are dames,...
This is the film Charlie Kauffman could have written - on a really really bad day, with the mother of all hangovers, a dose of the flu, and a migraine coming...
Hi Mike, when you say that 'it's too long', you do mean it! I enjoyed this movie for the atmosphere and the story however it's quite difficult to find a...
Cambridge Film Festival 2005 – Day 1 The shock of events in London dampened the spirits somewhat on this first day of the festival. Nevertheless, the event...
King's Game [Nikolaj Arcel, 2004] Already, on the second day of the festival, I've come across a real gem. King's Game is a political thriller which is astute...
En Garde [Ayse Polat, 2004] In the last 15 minutes or so of this study of a withdrawn girl slowly beginning to build tentative, fragile connections with those...
Lost Embrace [Daniel Burman, 2004] A really enjoyable film, full of warmth and colour. The collage of characters are wittily observed, but with a genuine...
Innocence [Lucile Hadzihalilovic, 2004] The film begins with the arrival of a girl at a boarding school - in a coffin. Such a set-up could be the signal for 2...
The Forest For The Trees [Maren Ade, 2003] – UK Premiere Here is a good example of something small scale that pays back big time. Melanie is a socially...
Broken Flowers [Jim Jarmusch, 2005] – UK Premiere Perfection. Jarmusch excels himself with this accessible and characteristically minimalist road movie. He...
Kings and Queen [Arnaud Desplechin, 2004] Almost two and a half long, but engrossing throughout. The credits roll and you just want to ask the projectionist...
Primer [Shane Carruth, 2004] Good film – just don't ask me to explain it. I like the fact that it lets the twists and turns emerge organically and forces you...
Howl's Moving Castle [Hayao Miyazaki, 2004] – UK Premiere Out of the mist lumbers a strange massive object: it's a castle, walking awkwardly on spindly legs....
Familia Rodante [Pablo Trapero, 2004] Absolutely fantastic. 84 year old Emilia and her extended familty go on the road to attend her niece's wedding. Most of...
