John Huston has swiftly become a fascination of mine. His directing style and visibility in some of cinema’s finest and best-remembered projects has elevated…
If there’s one thing I and my contemporaries in the field of film criticism disagree on, it’s the work of director Terrence Malick. Everyone I’ve…
In the 1950s and 60s British horror was booming. Most of the fame and infamy was enjoyed by Hammer but forever in their shadow was…
It’s the 1993 January sales, and Sheila, a bank clerk living in a Thames Valley town, needs a new dress for a date. She visits…
In 2019, Bob Balaban is probably best known for his acting roles in Wes Anderson’s films (most prominently as the narrator in Moonrise Kingdom), his…
According to some, Ice Cold In Alex is one of the most beloved British war films of the 1950s. StudioCanal seem to think so; they’ve…
James Cameron has a lot to answer for, off the back of Avatar’s success film fans have been subjected to a decade of shoehorned 3D…
Your reviewer can sometimes be guilty of dancing around the less quantifiable aspects of enjoying a movie, so let’s talk about star presence. As soon…
Let us imagine the pitch: a hotshot young writer and a director whose career spans groundbreaking horror, gritty drama and sexploitation decide to make a…
Few cinematic institutions rival Ealing Studios; the only similar shadows are cast by British Horror emblem Hammer and the name inseparable from Chinese Martial Arts…