The Shadow Play – Berlinale 2019 review Rhys Handley February 12, 2019 Reviews With a young teen’s understanding of sex, corruption and public administration, The Shadow Play is a captivating display of bold, shambolic filmmaking. Lou Ye’s conspiracy thriller tangles its wicked web...
Long Day’s Journey Into Night – Cannes 2018 Review Tom Bond May 20, 2018 Reviews Long Day’s Journey Into Night is the kind of audacious filmmaking experiment for which film festivals like Cannes were invented. It favours mood and an ingenuity of image over any instinct to deliver a...
I Am Not Madame Bovary – Review L D May 27, 2017 Reviews To immediately disappoint fans of Gustave Flaubert, I Am Not Madame Bovary has no likeness to Madame Bovary other than its title. Chosen by the film’s translators as a more recognisable defamation than the...
A Beginner’s Guide to… The Fifth Generation of Chinese Cinema Cathy Brennan February 16, 2017 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features The newly released The Great Wall is the latest example of the Chinese film industry attempting to create the kind of big-budget spectacle that used to be the sole preserve of Hollywood; yet another sign...
Women Who Flirt – Review Andrew Daley July 25, 2015 Reviews After the early 2014 success of Aberdeen, Pang Ho-cheung explores new frontiers in the mainland Chinese market in the humorous Women Who Flirt. Tomboyish Angie (Xun) chases the affections of her...
Best Films Never Made #21: Steven Spielberg’s Interstellar Tom Bond November 11, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is without doubt the most ambitious film of 2014. Steven Spielberg’s version might just have been better. If you’ve read anything about Nolan’s space epic in the...
