Well, it has taken a while to sort out but I can finally make a few announcements. Exactly a month ago, I had a big whine about the closure of…
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Danny Boyle is one of my favourite directors. From Shallow Grave in 1994 to 127 Hours in 2010, his work has stimulated and inspired me. I re-watched Trainspotting the other…
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No sounds like the kind of thing a toddler in the middle of a tantrum might say, while stomping around your lounge room at bedtime. At the cinema, though, the…
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It’s no disgrace to come second at Cannes to Michael Haneke’s Amour, especially so when your film is Rust and Bone. Writer-director Jacques Audiard has a track record of unsettling…
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Update: I have some confirmed circulation figures from the paper itself. Even more depressing. We interrupt normal - slightly stuttery - programming to bring you news of some changes in…
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Alyx Duncan’s The Red House is a lovely example of how ideas that evolve, adjust, transform over time can produce work that is just as coherent and complete as if…
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