From a movie that tells you that you can’t handle the truth to a timeless classic that reminds you that there is no place like home, here is our weekly round up of the top films on the small screen this week. Monday A Few Good Men (1992) – Channel 5: 11:05pm Plot: Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is assigned to defend two marines accused of murdering a… Read More »
35mm Heroes Podcast Ep#142: Breaking Dawn Part 2 & The Master Reviews
This week’s the big one! The Double-biller, so grab your hats and strap in for the ride. Join Jordan, Ian and Noel as they start the show off this week which a smaller what we’ve been watching segment which includes Snatch, Take This Waltz and Holy Motors. They look at the trailer for Louis Leterrier’s new magican thriller, Now You See Me. And all this before the double review. First… Read More »
The 8th London Spanish Film Festival Retrospective: Introduction and Joana Granero Interview
Mid-September through to mid-October, London’s silver screens were ablaze with filmic images, both home-grown and foreign. In its eighth year, The London Spanish Film Festival has been filling London’s cultural panorama with a showcase of contemporary Spanish cinema, in addition to films showcased at the 56th BFI London Film Festival Almodóvar and Spanish horror, some produced by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, perhaps do in fact define contemporary Spanish cinema… Read More »
Review: The Master
Having thrown off the baby Altman-Scorsese tag with the rapturously received There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson returns with another grandiose American epic. Again, strong familial connections (particularly those of surrogate father/son relationships) are evident through its 143 minute running time. But for all the frenzied pre-release chatter concerning scientology, The Master isn’t really about old father Hubbard’s cult collective. Shadow boxing around a lot of potential themes (the birth… Read More »
Interview: Zam Sailm, director of Up There
Up There the debut feature from Zam Salim is released today (check out my review here). Graciously, Zam put some time aside for a short e-mail interview, full of humor and offering a more personal insight his thoughts on his directorial feature debut. Thanks Zam. You have been quoted as saying that you wanted ‘Up There’ to feel ordinary. What was the motivation behind this aesthetic and narrative choice? Was… Read More »
Review: Up There
Zam Salim’s directorial feature debut delivers a not altogether comforting prophecy, suggesting that the afterlife at worst may in fact be an extension of the ordinariness of life itself. Salim’s narrative choice of the ordinary over the fantastical however, affords him the opportunity to create what is a creative, humorous, and what may even be a very British take on the afterlife. Up There tells the story of departed soul… Read More »
DVD Review – Friends With Kids
Friends with Kids promises big laughs, with a top comedy cast. And while there were some extraordinarily outrageous moments where I genuinely almost wet myself, I couldn’t help but feel a bit let down with the altogether mediocre and predictable ending worthy of a Jennifer Lopez performance. It’s is a fairly daring film that explores behind the scenes of friendships and what happens once kids start to arrive on the… Read More »
And Introducing… 4. Wendy Hiller
After discussing John Ford, Janet Gaynor and Lee Tracy, we reach Wendy Hiller. I’m a Wendy Hiller fanboy, and I’m about to explain why… Who? One of the most distinctive actresses of the 20th Century, with an inimitable, tremulous voice, arrestingly unusual features and an irresistible presence, guaranteed to wrench your attention away from everything else on screen. She sounds good. Why haven’t I heard of her? The Cheshire-born actress… Read More »
LFF – The Final Word: Jamie Kastner
Ten interviews down, one to go. The LFF: The Final Word interview feature arrives at its inevitable conclusion, wrapping up ESLF’s coverage of the 56th BFI London Film Festival as we turn our attention to Jamie Kastner, whose film The Secret Disco Revolution was screened in the LFF’s ‘Sonic’ category. You have remarked that people often believe they know a subject. When you approached The Secret Disco Revolution, do you… Read More »
