Grand Hotel (1932) Review

Grand Hotel (1932) Review

A jewel of the pre-code era, 1932 Best Picture Oscar winner ‘Grand Hotel’ starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore and other famous faces is perhaps unfairly misremembered. Eve O’Dea looks to set the record straight in this review.

Read More

For Only A Fistful Of Dollars – How A Low Budget Western Reinvented the Hollywood Hero

For Only A Fistful Of Dollars – How A Low Budget Western Reinvented the Hollywood Hero

The Sergio Leone directed Spaghetti Western ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ left an indelible mark on the film industry in a lot of ways, but how it reshaped the male hero may be its biggest. Article by Stephen Vega.

Read More

Michael Keaton in Talks to Return to Batman Role

Michael Keaton in Talks to Return to Batman Role

Michael Keaton, who played Batman in 1989’s ‘Batman’ and 1992’s ‘Batman Returns’, could be set to return to the role as a key figure in new DC/Warner Bros movie ‘The Flash’. Full news story by George Taylor.

Read More

The Omen Films Ranked

The Omen Films Ranked

Known as one of the great horror franchises to spawn from the 1970s horror boom, ‘The Omen’ has scared for generations. In this edition of Ranked, Sophia Patfield ranks each entry from worst to best.

Read More

Caliber 9 (1972) Review

Caliber 9 (1972) Review

‘You Have to Accept It’: Fate and Power in Fernando di Leo’s Milano calibro 9 (Calibre 9, 1972). Review by Paul A J Lewis.

Read More

How Music Reframes the Violence in You Were Never Really Here

How Music Reframes the Violence in You Were Never Really Here

How the music composed by Jonny Greenwood for ‘You Were Never Really Here’ borrows from Aphex Twin to create a dialogue between character and narrative. Essay by Cole Clark.

Read More

How Every Element in the Final Sequence from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Works To Create A Wonderfully Disturbing Finale

How Every Element in the Final Sequence from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Works To Create A Wonderfully Disturbing Finale

How Anthony Minghella’s ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ borrows from Hitchcock and Film Noir to create a phenomenal and tense final sequence. Analysis by Sophie Cook.

Read More

Lost in Translation: Romance in a Blur

Lost in Translation: Romance in a Blur

How Sofia Coppola crafted one of the most intimate and realistic depictions of romance in her boundary shattering 2003 film ‘Lost In Translation’. Article by Sophia Patfield.

Read More

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Review

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Review

After success with ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and ‘Hot Fuzz’, Edgar Wright took to North America with his off-kilter adaptation ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ (2010). Christopher Connor looks back in this retrospective review.

Read More

‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Sequel Makes Speedy Progress

‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Sequel Makes Speedy Progress

News of a sequel to the 2020 record-breaking video game movie adaptation ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’. Which stars return? Who will direct? Full movie news story here.

Read More
1 18 19 20 21 22