Top 10 World War II Movies Jack Blackwell July 18, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It hardly needs be said that World War II has been a cinematic goldmine pretty much since it started. A terrifyingly huge and barbarically violent industrial conflict on a scale never seen before or since, it...
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words – Review Patrick Nabarro August 13, 2016 Reviews If you’ve yet to acquaint yourself with one of cinema’s greatest actresses and icons, Ingrid Bergman, then this is the film for you, and there’s enough in it to keep Bergman aficionados happy too. Taking...
Women He’s Undressed – BFI Flare 2016 Review Tori Brazier March 26, 2016 Reviews Costume designer Orry-Kelly is a fascinating subject. Vastly influential, enjoying a career of over 30 years and almost 300 pictures, Kelly’s creations are featured in Casablanca and Some Like It Hot and on...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Ingrid Bergman Bethany White August 28, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Had she been alive today, the great Ingrid Bergman would be turning 100 this month. Bergman was a unique character in the Golden Age of Hollywood; in the '30s, Hollywood starlets were sassy, sexy, and...
Top 10 Bars in Film David Brake November 17, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 We've teamed up with Fox Searchlight Pictures and Substance PR to bring you a rundown of the best gin joints, slums, bars, watering-holes and pubs in film to celebrate the release of The Drop. So slump on in...
A Beginner’s Guide to Film Sound Eddie Falvey November 7, 2014 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Today it’s almost impossible to conceive that in the mid to late 1920s the notion of putting sound to film was received with repudiation, reluctance, and even hostility, even in the immediate aftermath of...