The Inner Cage – Venice 2021 Review Tom Bond September 5, 2021 Reviews The Inner Cage’s rural Sardinian prison is due to be shut down, but an administrative hiccup forces a skeleton staff to remain and guard a dozen prisoners who can’t be moved elsewhere yet. Every frame...
The Hand of God – Venice 2021 Review Tom Bond September 4, 2021 Reviews The Hand of God is Paolo Sorrentino’s most personal film yet, re-telling key events of his youth in Naples, including the tragic moment that left him orphaned. His films have always had an air of melancholy,...
A Love Letter To… The Great Beauty Nick Evan-Cook January 26, 2016 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia “I was looking for the Great Beauty… but… I didn’t find it.” So says the aging and ennui-ridden Jep, when asked why he didn’t make more of his life in the artful and exquisite The Great Beauty. On...
The Great Beauty – Review Tom Bond January 5, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment You’ll want to visit Rome after watching The Great Beauty. Italy’s capital is the beauty in question and its inhabitants are the beasts, party-hardened socialites that swirl chaotically around a calm...