Tears and Laughter: Movie Reviews
Tears and Laughter: Women in Japanese Melodrama runs until Wednesday 29th November at the BFI Southbank. For more information and to book tickets, click here. To read an interview with…
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You Were Never Really Here
Director: Lynne Ramsay Writer: Lynne Ramsay (screenplay), Jonathan Ames (novel) Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, Alex Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts Cert: 15 Running time: 95mins Year: 2017…
Last Flag Flying
Director: Richard Linklater Writer: Richard Linklater, Darryl Ponicsan (screenplay), Darryl Ponicsan (novel) Cast: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, J. Quinton Johnson, Yul Vazquez Cert: 15 Running time: 124mins Year:…
Criterion Collection: Lord of the Flies (1963)
Director: Peter Brook Writer: None credited Cast: Jack Aubrey, Hugh Edwards, Tom Chapin, Tom Gaman Cert: PG Running time: 92mins Year: 1963 Film: Extras: What’s the story: Young schoolboys, stranded…
Genocidal Organ
Director: Shûkô Murase Writer: Shûkô Murase (screenplay), Project Itoh (novel) Cast: Yûichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai, Sanae Kobayashi Cert: 15 Running time: 115mins Year: 2017 What’s the story: In 2022, five…
Criterion Collection: Les Diaboliques (1955)
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot Writer: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi (screenplay), René Masson, Frédéric Grendel (collaboration), Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac (novel) Cast: Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse Cert: 12 Running time:…
Blu-ray Review: The Life of Oharu
Welcome to Cinematic Greens Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Writer: Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda (screenplay), Saikaku Ihara (novel) Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune Cert: PG Running time: 137 mins Year: 1952 Accolades: 1952…
T2 Trainspotting
Director: Danny Boyle Writer: John Hodge (screenplay), Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting & Porno novels) Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Anjela Nedyalkova Cert: 18 Running time: 117mins…
Live By Night
Director: Ben Affleck Writer: Ben Affleck (screenplay), Dennis Lehane (novel) Cast: Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Glenister, Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, Remo Girone, Chris Cooper, Chris Messina Cert:…
Silence (2016)
Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Martin Scorsese & Jay Cocks (screenplay); Shûsaku Endô (novel) Cast: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Issei Ogata, Liam Neeson Cert: 15 Running time:…