Film Reviews

Sailcloth is only 18 minutes long, but blows along at a fair clip and manages to pack in some surprises. Possibly most unexpected of all is that despite having bagged John Hurt for the project, he isn't given a single word to say. You might think this is an oversight given that John Hurt's voice, sounding like a...

Roman Polanki's Carnage arrives in the UK on the 3rd February 2012 with some gold plated acting talent. The film stars two Golden Globe nominated actresses, Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster, alongside Christoph Waltz and John C Reilly. Putting family life under a microscope has long been a popular device...

Man. Man, man, man. Red State is not your average Kevin Smith flick. Part slasher horror, part political thriller, and part Westboro-levels of crazy, it's one dark mother of a film. I'm well-versed in Smith cinema, and I'd say all of his work up to Red State has been easily identifiable. This time around,...

Hitler may have been a genocidal maniac, but he was also a ridiculous little man. So a boy with a tendency for tantrums is probably a very appropriate hero for a film that traces the ravages of Nazism on German history. The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) is an adaptation of Gunter Grass's highly acclaimed...

Madonna's second directorial effort W.E., although brave, sadly doesn't live up to expectations. When you hear the name Madonna followed by 'film', scepticism will most likely follow. I mean, if you were to take away her Golden Globe for her performance in Evita, her film career is nothing to shout...

Troll Hunter. Those two words effectively tell you everything you need to know about the plot and the protagonist of this particular monster flick. But it's more than that. Every once in a while, a film will arrive on the scene that strikes you as something a little different from the endless supply of comic...

It is easy to see why Shame is one of the most talked-about films of the moment. This is the second time that director Steve McQueen has teamed up with rising star Michael Fassbender to create something that is deeply affecting, controversial and should proudly hold up the title of “art”. The two...

Don't Think takes us on a trip to the pulsing heart of a Chemical Brothers gig. The beats are big, the visuals trippy and the crowd zonked. Considering the band don't go in for old school rock 'n' roll style theatrics, it does very well to keep the attention. Like most dance acts, the duo spend most of...

Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare's less-popular plays, making it a brave choice for Ralph Fiennes' directorial début. However, the risk certainly pays off, as Fiennes transforms the play by moving the action from Ancient Rome to a recognisably brutal present. As well as directing, Fiennes takes on the...

Released in 1977, Rolling Thunder is a curious combination of two popular trends in 1970s cinema: the vigilante, revenge movie and the existentialist flick. You may not have heard of it, but the film also happens to be Quentin Tarantino's favourite film. In fact Tarantino liked Rolling Thunder so much...