Joshua Oppenheimer seemed like this extraordinary new young talent when he come onto world screen with his first feature-length documentary The Act of Killing and he was. However as always with an overnight sensation he has a back catalogue of work which only due to the success of The Acting of Killing and it's companion … Continue reading Early Works: A collection of 12 Films – DVD Review
As you might imagine from the title, Kiss of Death (1947) is a film noir. It marks the screen debut of Richard Widmark, who would become one of the iconic actors of film noir (and was still appearing onscreen into the 1990s). Widmark stars as the psychotic killer Tommy Udo. The story is over a … Continue reading Kiss of Death – Blu-Ray Review
Ken Loach by 1967 had made an enormous splash in tele-plays with the original adaptation of Up The Junction and his best known and controversial Cathy Come Home. Naturally a career in the cinema was calling and Poor Cow was his debut feature which would start this extraordinary and long career in the cinema. He … Continue reading Poor Cow – Blu-Ray Review
I had the great pleasure to talk to Jeremy Thomas and visit his extraordinary office back during the 2015 London film festival. Thomas had High-RiseĀ in the festival and we talked about that film but also his extraordinary career which includes producing such films as The Last Emperor (which he won the Best Picture Oscar for), … Continue reading Jeremy Thomas Interview
Why oh why do I keep reviewing these Nicolas Cage films he only does to pay his huge debts? The Trust is the latest of these and it falls in the middle of not being a surprisingly decent film like Pay the Ghost or the absolutely dreck that was Left Behind. It's a debut film … Continue reading The Trust – Blu-Ray Review
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