by Martin | Jul 26, 2014 | movies, reviews
This meeting of two arthouse legends – Bruno Dumont, a director who has previously always refused to work with professional actors, and Juliette (Chocolat) Binoche – is heralded by posters screaming BINOCHE CLAUDEL DUMONT, in the manner of ads for an action movie...
by Martin | Jul 12, 2014 | movies, reviews
After a self-imposed double-bill of Camille Claudel 1915 and Miss Violence at the Curzon Soho, what better way to cool off than with a showing of Mothra, at the Prince Charles off Leicester Square? So I reasoned. And it only cost a pound, if you were a member. I was....
by Martin | Jun 29, 2014 | movies, reviews
Mark Kermode once stated that anyone who said they’d guessed the ending of The Usual Suspects was lying. I have never quite forgiven him for this – I guessed it, but what proof do I have? Essentially he was out there calling me a liar and I had no redress....
by Martin | Jun 18, 2014 | movies, reviews
Who the hell’s Diane Arbus? If this is your reaction to the above title, then you probably won’t get much out of this film. I knew little about Diane Arbus, and having seen the film, now feel that I know less. Which is not the film’s fault. It begins...
by Martin | Jun 12, 2014 | movies, reviews
I got this in a DVD box set called Brains That Wouldn’t Die (‘6 Midnight Movies on 2 DVDs!’). On the plus side, there are some hard-to-see films here – on the downside, such is the picture quality that they often remain hard to see, even while...
by Martin | May 25, 2014 | movies, reviews
This is that film where a plausibly middle-aged Tom Hardy drives from Birmingham to London in a Welsh accent. Not a bad Welsh accent – I was reminded of Rob Brydon, who also did a thing set entirely in a vehicle, Marion And Geoff. That was a poignant comedy of...
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