photo: Tom Berninger ‘Do you ever get sleepy on stage?’. This question is met with a mildly disgruntled expression from The National’s crumpled lead singer Matt Berninger. The guy behind the camera is in fact […]
Film | Thor: The Dark World – The debate
photo: Marvel Entertainment The Good 4/5 Stars Many turn their noses up at the superhero genre, believing it to be unintelligent and frivolous. Sure, Thor: The Dark World’s storyline is nonsense, but Marvel prove once […]
Film | Drinking Buddies – A romantic comedy with real comedy
photo: Burn Later Productions 4/5 Stars Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) are goofy, fun loving co-workers at a boutique brewery in Chicago. Appreciating pool and beer, alcohol dominates their daily lives, their ritual […]
LIFF | Gravity – stars that don't shine
photo: Warner Bros. 2/5 Stars It’s been sending critics into a frenzy, hailed as the best film set in space since the iconic 2001: A Space Odyssey and featuring two Academy Award winning actors as […]
Mark Kermode at the Hyde Park Picture House
photo: thedoublenegative I was interested to see on your wittertainment Facebook page that you think we should go to see Gravity in 3D. So what I wanted to know is… what’s changed?” Cue tremendous amounts […]
Film | Nothing But A Man – a raw film that never fully blossoms
photo: Nothing But A Man Nothing But a Man is a simple portrayal of the daily experiences of its protagonist Duff Anderson, a black railroad worker. Living a drifting life, Duff finds companionship in Josie, […]
Film | Three of the Best – Sci-Fi Adaptations
Photo: Warner Bros. Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott Blade Runner is one of the most lauded sci-fi films of all time and with good reason. Harrison Ford stars in this adaptation of Philip K. […]
Film | Jeanne Dielman: A portrait of a very lonely woman diligently peeling potatoes in near silence
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles shows the audience three days in the crushingly empty life of the titular character, a widowed single mother in 1970s Brussels who supports her son through sex work. […]
LIFF | Wakolda leaves us thrilled and chilled
4 stars Set in 1960 Patagonia, at the start of Israel’s manhunt of Nazi war criminals, this is a powerful film based on true events. An Argentinian family meets a mysterious German doctor on their […]
Film | Short Term 12 – the effects of having a little faith
photo: Animal Kingdom Grace (Brie Larson) works in a half-way house for troubled teens attempting a deserved break from the harsh realities of their lives. She is their friend, counsellor, confidant. She is on the […]
Film | Philomena
photo: Pathé 4/5 Stars There really is no role that Judi Dench can’t pull off with a dignified air of subtle brilliance. In her latest movie, Robert Frears’ Philomena, she plays an Irish woman trying […]
Film | The Leeds International Film Festival So Far
The opening gala has faded into oblivion and we’re now four days into the 27th Leeds International Film Festival. We’ve seen some cracking films so far but here are three that really caught our eyes: […]