Beasts of No Nation (2015)

Cary Fukunaga’s war drama Beasts of No Nation is an outstanding contribution to cinema. Absorption of the film’s devastating content … More

Red White & Blue (2010)

Drama; thriller; horror. Simon Rumley’s challenging and disturbing Red White & Blue morphs slowly from one genre to another, building … More

Amer (2009)

One film genre that I have never cared for is giallo. I’ve watched four films by the master of the … More

The Selfish Giant (2013)

Beauty can be painfully raw and hopeless … in the hands of the right writer/director. Clio Barnard has put together … More

Locke (2013)

Depending on the culture of your country and the management of your local cinema, intermissions are either the accepted norm or an … More

Zodiac (2007)

There are very few films I can watch again and again. Se7en is one of them. Zodiac is another. I love … More

The Silence (2010)

This excellent police procedural thriller from Germany assembles a group of fully fleshed-out and highly interesting characters, and drops them into … More

Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

Somehow, for me, Jacob’s Ladder has always gone hand-in-hand with Angel Heart (1987). Maybe director Adrian Lyne and writer Bruce Joel Rubin were … More

Django Unchained (2012)

Is there any limit to the fun you can have watching a movie! Quentin Tarantino keeps banging out hit after … More

After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

We have already reviewed my all-time favourite noir, The Grifters (1990), the film adaptation of Jim Thompson’s 1963 novel. Thompson’s … More

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

This is an extraordinary film based on the extraordinary memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, well-known in France as a journalist, author, and … More

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Michael Cera – from Juno (2007) fame – leads the cast in this fabulously fun and sweet movie about rock … More