Abraham Lincoln is a difficult man to portray on film. A racist abolitionist, a painfully shy and unlikely commander in chief whose...
One man, one limo, one day: with Cosmopolis David Cronenberg took on one of his most difficult challenges to date. The tale...
Apologies for the terrible REM-based pun there. Yes, as I’m sure you’re all aware, the end of the year is fast approaching,...
In Bruges is my favourite film of all time. I won’t go into the specific reasons here as to why this is...
Silver Linings Playbook – or Silver Linings, as it apparently prefers to be called – is the surprise hit of the month,...
The emergence of box-sets has been revolutionary in how we watch television. No longer do people schedule a time to watch their...
David Mitchell’s popular 2004 novel, Cloud Atlas, was – like Watchmen and Life of Pi – declared by many to be unfilmable. But the Wachowskis apparently...
Director David O’Russell’s (The Fighter) latest offering is the offbeat comedy, Silver Linings Playbook, which is a romance, of sorts, but unlike one you’ve...
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a cinema classic, and one that requires multiple viewings due to its unpredictable, complex narrative. In 2012 it...
This film left a whisky-warm taste. In many ways Brave – Pixar’s latest animated offering about a Scottish princess who doesn’t fit...