Gary Collinson discusses the possibilities for the Batman movie franchise after Christopher Nolan makes his Gotham swan song with The Dark Knight Rises… On July 20th, 2012 director Christopher Nolan will deliver the third and final instalment in his Batman trilogy with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, the highly-anticipated follow-up to Batman Begins […]

Trevor Hogg begins his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the Australian film-maker’s debut feature… The Cars That Ate Paris, 1974. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Max Gillies and Bruce Spence. SYNOPSIS: Residents in the mysterious Australian Outback town of Paris redirect passing traffic with the […]

The Wolfman, 2010. Directed by Joe Johnston. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Geraldine Chaplin, Art Malik and David Schofield. SYNOPSIS: Returning to his family estate following the mysterious death of his brother, an American nobleman becomes infected with lycanthropy after he is attacked by a werewolf. “Even a man who […]

F, 2010. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmell, Finlay Robertson, Max Fowler and Roxanne McKee. SYNOPSIS: A world-weary English teacher has to confront his demons when his comprehensive school comes under attack from a group of youths intent on spreading terror through-out the corridors. Receiving his filmmaking education on low-budget […]

Respected English actor Pete Postlethwaite passed away on Sunday aged 64 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Warrington, Lancashire in 1946, Postlethwaite began his career treading the boards at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre alongside the likes of Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce and Julie Walters and went on to earn a reputation as one of […]

Dog Pound, 2010. Directed by Kim Chapiron. Starring Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Mateo Morales, Slim Twig, Lawrence Bayne, Taylor Poulin, Dewshane Williams and Trent McMullen. SYNOPSIS: Three young offenders are sent to the Enola Vale Youth Correctional Center, which they soon discover to be a training ground for violence, aggression and bureaucratic incompetence. French writer-director […]

Well, it’s that time of year again when we’re inundated with critics’ picks for the best films of the past twelve months and – after resisting the urge in 2009 – it’s about time we got in on the act here at Flickering Myth. Rather than presenting individual lists from our writing team we’ve taken […]

DJ Haza reflects on the highs and lows of 2010 with more “Frustrated Ramblings Of An Aspiring Filmmaker”… As the final days of 2010 pass me by I’ve decided to reminisce and rant about the films that have flickered through my brown eyes over the last 12 months. Some have quite rightly amazed me. Others […]

The Undercover War (a.k.a. Réfractaire), 2009. Directed by Nicolas Steil. Starring Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Gouix, Pierre Niney, Carlo Brandt, Marianne Basler and Judith Davis. SYNOPSIS: In Nazi-occupied Luxembourg a young man chooses to embark upon a clandestine life in the Resistance and joins other deserters in an abandoned mine. The Undercover War was […]

With his latest feature Black Swan currently on release in North America, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Darren Aronofsky in the second of a two-part feature… read part one here. “I walked out of The Matrix [1999] and I was thinking, ‘What kind of science fiction movie can people make now?’,” marveled Brooklyn […]