La Signora Senza Camelie Review
La Signora Senza Camelie opens at night in Rome and Clara, played by the intoxicating Lucia Bose, is walking away, framed as a distant figure moving through the streets. She pauses before slowly entering a cinema which is playing host to the première of a musical melodrama of which she is the star. The screen is filled with Clara’s face, the close … Read more
Sadako 3D Review
It would appear that ‘More, more, more!’ was a phrase oft repeated in the planning stages and on the set of Sadako 3D, a film that could never be accused not attempting to up the ante. From the opening moments the gimmicky and excessive nature of the film is thrust into our faces, as a … Read more
The Artist Review
With the release of OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies in 2006 Michel Hazanavicius and the seemingly effortlessly charismatic Jean Dujardin looked set for global domination and a real crossover into the mainstream cinema-goer’s consciousness. Outside of France OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, and the equally smart and entertaining sequel OSS 117 – Lost … Read more
The Sight and Sound Top Ten Greatest Films of All Time
As chosen by 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors, the Sight and Sound ‘greatest film of all time’ poll results are in. The top ten list is as follows, 1. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958) 2. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 3. Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 4. La Règle du jeu (Renoir, 1939) 5. Sunrise: a Song of … Read more