My second exposure to Hungarian director Bela Tarr.
Jack Explores Cinema: The Mysterians (1957)
Japanese alien invasion flick from the team behind “Godzilla”.
Jack Explores Cinema: Five (Dedicated to Yasujiro Ozu) (2003)
Pensive filmmaking from an Iranian artist.
Robin Hood
Ridley and Russell join forces once again hoping to recreate the success of Gladiator and… fail.
Iron Man 2
The first Iron Man film was a hit at the box office. With an extra $60 million in it’s budget, is Iron Man 2 “harder, better, faster, stronger” than it’s predecessor?
Film Out Of Focus
With today’s multiplexes neglecting both the finest in world cinema and Britain’s own film output, Jack Chuter spoke to the BFI and The Phoenix film society to discover why independent films are failing to obtain the exposure they deserve.
Small Screen Cinema: [REC] & Lost In Translation
The first of a series juxtaposing pairs of genre films which are just as great on the small screen as in the cinema.
The Wolfman
Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Torro sell their souls. But not in the way you would have hoped…
The Trouble with Youth in Revolt
Or ‘Indie kids have money! Quick, let’s get it!’
Review: “Youth in Revolt”
Teenage-dom starts with masturbation, and so does Youth in Revolt—the newest cinematic installment in Michael Cera’s never-ending quest to come of age.
