Film Review: Silence (2016)
byThe silence in the title of Martin Scorsese’s most recent film refers to the silence of the voice of God, when one is alone…
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Film Review: Arrival (2016)
byDenis Villeneuve is one of the most talented and exciting directors in contemporary cinema. In Prisoners he portrays vengeful parental anguish with a palpably…
Review: National Theatre Live: No Man’s Land (2016)
byIn 1975 when Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land first opened at the Old Vic in London, the “two Sirs” Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John…
Film Review: Le Ride (2016)
byIt seems impossible, living in a nation so inured with its sporting heroes that the names of the first team to tackle the Tour…
Film Review: Why Him? (2016)
byBe prepared for swearing. Be prepared for evasive parkour. Be prepared for a moose carcass displayed in a case of it’s own urine. Laird…
Film Review: Allied (2016)
byAllied opens in French Morocco in 1942, with Canadian spy Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) parachuting into the desert in dramatic fashion. He is on…
Film Review: Rosalie Blum (2016)
byIs there a better way to see in the festive season, than with a gorgeous and uplifting French film? Perhaps not. Last year it…
Film Review: Like Crazy (2016)
byNot to be confused with the exceptional 2011 film starring Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin, Like Crazy (or to use its Italian title, La Pazza…
Film Review: Neon Bull (2015)
byNeon Bull (or Boi Neon) is a realist and observational take on the life of cattle handlers and rodeo workers in Brazil. It is…
Film Review: Nocturnal Animals (2016)
byNocturnal Animals opens with a jarring and disorienting sequence, one which is likely to fascinate and perturb viewers in equal measures. Middle aged and…