FilmKnight

I had seen the first one a couple of years ago and found it ok, then I came across the sequel so decided to watch them both. The second...

When I found the DVD, I saw a quote saying 'Scarface meets the Godfather'. I presumed hyperbole of course, and to a certain extent it was...

As I often do, I bought this dvd when I saw the directors. I am familiar with Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell's films mainly from...

Wednesday (21/9)   23:35   Film4 12 Years a Slave (2013) True story Best Picture winner adapted from the memoir of Solomon Northup, a...

Saturday (10/9)      13:10   BBC2 The 39 Steps (1935) The most celebrated British director Alfred Hitchcock was arguably still honing his...

I had heard of Jim Jarmusch as being something of an interesting auteur, this served as my introduction to him. I dont know if it is one...

Sunday (3/9) 18:45    Great Movies The Impossible (2012)  (also Tuesday 21:00) J.A. Bayona's (The Orphanage, A Monster Calls) uplifting...

Cheltenham's Eclectic cinema programme will be resuming soon at the Playhouse, and after much programming deliberation, coming soon will...

Saturday (27/8)   21:05    Talking Pictures The Pianist (2002) An intellectual family of Polish Jews come under the evil Nazi regime...

I had not heard of this when I came across the dvd in a charity shop recently, but I saw it is part of the Tartan Asia Extreme...

Friday (26/8)       01:25   Great Movies  The Road (2009) John Hillcoat (Lawless, The Proposition) directs this gloomy post apocalyptic...

At the weekend I rewatched Motherless Brooklyn, a good old fashioned P.I. noir mystery, written, directed, produced by and starring...

Certain events in film history become cultural touchstones of genres. Not necessarily because they are the first of their type, but...

Thursday (17/8)      00:45   Film4 Raging Bull (1980) A genuine classic and undeniably great, considered by many as the greatest work...

Last night's film was The Great Wall, this may have seemed like a good idea at the time. A good director with a strong history, Chinese...

Review/analysis of the wonderful Glengarry Glen Ross

My review of American Gangster with a score out of 10

As a continuation of my original list, here is another short list of great films that make the most of their meagre sub-90 minute...

I am a fan of Roman Polnaski's films. Chinatown is sublime, and firmly in my top 10. Rosemary's Baby is superb and certainly in my top 10...

Monday (1/8)        21:00    5 Star                   Inglourious Basterds (2009) Quentin Tarantino's unsubtle, marmite style may not be...