Author Eddie Falvey

1. Has Ben Affleck revealed the identity of the latest Batman villain? Yeah, probably. It sure looks like Batman has himself a new villain, and Jared Leto is nowhere to be seen. On Monday, the growl behind...

After finding success with his adaptation of Hardy’s Far From the Maddening Crowd, Thomas Vinterberg returns to his native language for a dramatic study into both isolation and community in which the...

It's hard to think of a more faithful recent adaptation than Spielberg's The BFG. Certainly among blockbusters, it is absolutely the work of a filmmaker caught under the spell of a much-loved novel. The...

1. Hikaru Sulu is gay, George Takei is not (in a happy sense) What with it being set in the 23rd century fer chrissakes, it makes sense for Star Trek Beyond to feature at least one gay character - which is...

Tale of Tales is either very much your film or it isn’t in the slightest. Almost certainly destined for cult adoration, Matteo Garrone’s latest feature is a rare oddity: imaginative, arresting, baffling...

For many, Matteo Garrone’s 2008 Neapolitan crime epic Gommorah ranks alongside Fernando Meirelles’ City of God and Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet as a great modern example of the gangster genre. The gritty...

1. Rogue One scheduled for summer reshoots While the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was generally well received, it is fair to say that it was a little on the dour side. Well according to...

1. Cannes kicks off with a Woody Allen rape joke The world’s classiest film festival is now underway. Just about anyone you’ve ever heard of is currently lapping up the sun on the French Riviera. The...

When sociologist and philosopher Michel de Certeau climbed the World Trade Center to view New York he did so to remove himself from the city, so as to make sense of its enormity and component parts. He...

Every so often a celebrity death comes so unexpectedly that it unites the world. We saw this phenomenon occur in January with the sudden and devastating death of David Bowie; now, we witness it once again with...

It's hard to determine exactly what director, co-writer, and star Don Cheadle thinks of Davis. If he adores him, then that never comes through in his film; and if he has nothing but contempt for him, then...

Jeff Nichols is by no means the first American filmmaker to utilise the strange, otherworldly beauty of the American interior as the backdrop for his brief but already impressive oeuvre. As a point of...

In the aftermath of the Indian supreme court’s disheartening decision to recriminalise homosexuality, Sudhanshu Saria’s tender but revealing romance pulsates with the sad legacy of a national move to...

The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. 88th Academy Awards...

At times the premise of Saint Amour feels uncannily similar to Alexander Payne's Sideways, a comparison that will not work to its favour as it slumps in the shadow of a far superior film. That's not to say...