Author David Brake

As soon as the lights dim, Ten No Chasuke detonates into hilarious and fascinating existence. Armed with an inimitable concept, Sabu fearlessly dives in with a relentless arsenal of one liners and visual...

How do you add tension to a story when the audience is already aware of your conclusion? Hirschbiegel wisely focuses Elser‘s attention upon the individual, exploring the why and what rather than the drama...

https://vimeo.com/119124588 "If I die on Mars, it would be great". For a tale of astronomical distance, in an almost science fiction reality, If I Die on Mars has an altogether more human, warming...

Following in the vein of Simon Curtis' last feature My Week with Marilyn, Woman in Gold is a safe yet surprisingly moving film. Mirren is on startling form, delivering one-liners and thoughtful...

How can so much talent result in so little? This "dramatic" "comedy" misses every narrative beat, covering mental health, death, sex and money with no meaningful statement or focus. The script and...

Jiang Wen's Gone with the Bullets is 140 minutes of overzealous ambitious madness that makes Baz Luhrmann look vanilla. There's a phenomenal kinetic energy present, as they aim to attract both Western and...

The preconceptions about this film (equalling little more than a pile of cinematic manure) could cloud collective judgements in the strong opening 15 minutes. However the skepticism is, disappointingly,...

http://vimeo.com/117933260 A teaser of the highest quality, POLIS instantly intrigues with its narrative, effects and concept impressing simultaneously. Blasting into the collective consciousness...

So there we have it. The BAFTAs have been doled out for another year and the big winners are largely what we expected. The Grand Budapest Hotel leads the pack with 5 gongs, and Boyhood and The Theory of...

http://vimeo.com/19659763 Can a music video be counted as art? In the case of Eye of the Storm, silence, serenity and solitude adjoin to testify to the positive. With no dialogue, one singular human...

Thanks to the wonderful folk at Rabbit Publicity and Matchbox Films, we've got THREE copies of the critically acclaimed, and frankly superb documentary The Great...

Thanks to the wonderful folk at Arrow Films, we've got THREE copies of the critically acclaimed Stations of the Cross! Here's the amazing film's synopsis: 14 year old Maria (Lea Van Acken) is a member...

Thanks to the wonderful folk at Matchbox Films and Rabbit Publicity, we've got THREE copies of Stefan Haupt's The Circle! Put forward as the Swiss entry for this year's Academy Awards, Little White Lies...

Ronnie Goodman is a fit, athletic, marathon-running, 53-year-old homeless man; the incongruence of this sentence provides Every Runner Has A Reason its fascinating hook. Despite a bijou running time,...

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has spoken! The Golden Globes 2015 results are in and there's a strong selection of winners. Richard Linklater's tremendous Boyhood scooped Best Motion Picture - Drama...