Ann Hui's A Simple Life reflects modern Hong Kong, but is steeped in traditional notions of duty, honour and sacrifice, and a yearning for a value system feared lost, writes Brennavan Sritharan…
The Pool is a beautifully gentle piece of storytelling, driven along by natural, unaffected performances and lean, nuanced narrative, writes Hugo Wilkinson.…
Tom Seymour reviews Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet, a film about a man on the verge of greatness, and the illness that tried—but failed—to snatch his life away.…
Although James Cameron’s mega-budget Hollywood behemoth Avatar has been dominating column inches over recent weeks, the rest of 2010 is shaping up to be a memorable one for films on this side of the Atlantic. With the…
Last week the Aubin Cinema, Shoreditch, hosted a special Halloween edition of Edible Cinema, a unique culinary screening of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice with drinks and food served throughout - designed to taste, smell and feel…
Nikki Baughan reviews Stephen Applebaum's new book The Wicker Man: Conversations With Robin Hardy, Anthony Schaffer and Edward Woodward…
Excision writer/director Richard Bates Jr. is the exciting new face of disturbing, demented psychodrama, writes Anton Bitel.…
Call Me Kuchu illuminates simply because of the power of the story told and the lives documented, writes Simon Edwards.…
Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master is "a film that sparks a strong reaction, that gets into your head, that keeps you thinking and that sparks passionate debate and discussion" writes movieScope editor Nikki Baughan.…
Room 237 plays on the oft-reported obsessive nature of Stanley Kubrick by taking a macro lense to his films, writes Simon Edwards.…
