FilmKnight

It can't be very common for a director to make two versions of the same film. Hitchcock did it with The man who knew too much, and...

'Forget the rules. Forget the Vatican' Thirst 8.3 From the cover art of the DVD, I expected this to be more a gothic vampire tale, like...

This was an odd film, and perhaps more accurately, an odd experience. It is one of those films that depends so little on story, that to...

An oft forgotten Scorsese offering

Just weeks ago I came across the Japanese experimental body horror film Tetsuo: Iron Man in a charity shop. Amazingly, this weekend just...

Gangster films were my favourite genre for years, and they are still up there now. James Cagney has always been synonymous with them, so...

I just caught the last 20 minutes of the inimitable Raging Bull on BBC 2, the film that Roger Ebert called the best of the 1980s. It'sa...

This is exactly the kind of film I need every once in a while, something entirely unexpected, inscrutable, and unforgettable. The plot,...

A loveable 1950s classic

'I don't know why you are telling him all this. He can't understand' Walkabout 8.3 Only a very short time after pressing play on this...

'They are us' Day of the Dead 7.5 I am a big fan of George A. Romero's original, seminal zombie classic Night of the Living Dead from...

Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki are a legendary pairing of Asian Animated cinema, and of Cinema in general. Either one on their own is a...

Tsotsi tells the story of a young South African man who leads a small gang of thieves who prey on the wealthy looking people from...

A husband (paul-emile) recounts his infidelity apologetically to his wife. We only somewhat believe his regret, it seems rehearsed - fair...

Habib is a struggling Muslim actor hired to play a small role in a play - Francis of Asissi. He knows it is a minor part but still...

Documentaries are not usually high on my to watch list, I love films chiefly because of artistic imagery and cinematography on screen,...

After Lise, a mother, grandmother and wife to Germain dies suddenly and unexpectedly, he tries to keep her memory alive by living in her...

My rundown of films directed by Mel Gibson

A hotel concierge and a hotel guest share a love affair. Early on he takes her to a house with large signage atop the building that reads...

Isabelle Huppert is fanatically rehearsing a few lines clearly ahead of some form of public speaking. We presume she is some sort of...