Upon reading the promotional premise to Le Week-End – a couple who spend a weekend in Paris and end up rediscovering their love for one another – I almost gave…
I always say that a ‘good’ film is one that leaves you feeling different – as though the few hours you’ve spent in the cinema have somehow imbued you with…
In the weird and wonderful world of film, it is rare to find someone who can write original screenplay and act with equal measures of brilliance. It is even more…
It’s June 1994. On a train travelling from Budapest to Paris sits Celine (Julie Delpy), a French 23 year old. She reads her book, contemplates the view out of the…
A few weeks ago I went to a local Odeon Cinema to see the new Star Trek film. I was quite disappointed with the film itself, however my cinematic experience…
One of my life goals is to attend the Cannes Film Festival. As I’m sure you can tell, I am totally in awe of the cinematic art form. The moving…
‘The first time I saw a movie at the cinématèque française I thought, “Only the French… only the French would house a cinema inside a palace.”‘ The first time I…
Who is Lynn Hirschberg? If you search for her name on Google you’ll find articles written by her and articles written by other people about articles she’s written, but you’ll…
Stoker is Park Chan-wook’s first English-language film and far from being a directorial debut in the anglophone world, it has proved itself to be undoubtedly the work of a great,…
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