5/5 stars Who knew the French were good at comedy? Based on a true story of the relationship that develops between a wealthy quadriplegic and his ghetto-based live-in carer, you may think that it’s a […]

A fortnight ago Joaquin Phoenix launched an attack on the tradition of the film industry’s awards season, telling People magazine “It’s a carrot, but it’s the worst-tasting carrot I’ve ever tasted in my whole life. […]

Hyde Park Picture House November 3 Although Halloween might be over for another year, horror fans can enjoy a last hurrah with LIFF’s annual ‘Night of the Dead’ movie marathon. Five films. One night. More […]

Hyde Park Picture House November 6 & 8 Composed at the height of the director’s creative powers, Paris, Texas (1984) – Wim Wenders reconfigured cinematic love poem to American genre filmmaking and a seminal art-house […]

If contemporary cinema could be boiled down to its two most absolutely basic categories, then they would be these: the independent and the mainstream. For the most part, according to conventional wisdom, the films made […]

4/5 stars The Original Oak’s upstairs room is a small and unfussy affair, with seating made up of a mixture of armchairs and stools and many patrons huddled against the bar at the back of […]

4/5 stars A hybrid of Buñuel’s absurd humour and Lynch’s nightmarish surrealism, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1989 genre defying extravagance exploits characters unseen in conventional film fare; these eclectic individuals make up the dark and deranged netherworld […]

4/5 stars From the moment the opening credits roll, there’s no doubt that Holy Motors is a French film. Only our neighbours across the channel are capable of producing such beautifully bizarre cinema without appearing […]