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

Behind the Candelabra (2013)

If a director can take a subject which I could not care less about and enthral me for two hours, … More

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Following the incredibly sad loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman, I present this review of this amazing film so that you … More

Cold Fish (2010)

I like to watch films without knowing anything about the plot beforehand. This means I get to fully enjoy every … More

Enter the Void (2009)

Argentine film director/screenwriter Gaspar Noé is the man who has brought us I Stand Alone (1998), Irréversible (2002) and Enter the Void … More

Rush (2013)

2013 was a bumper year for well-made films. One of the best of these is Rush, a biopic which documents … More

Pierrepoint (2005)

This film is a fascinating examination of the life of Albert Pierrepoint, one of the longest-serving hangmen in England. His … More

Burnt by the Sun (1994)

Russian star Nikita Mikhalkov writes, directs and takes top bill in this masterful drama set in the mid-30s in Stalin’s Soviet Union. … More