Pinocchio, 2019.Directed by Matteo Garrone. Starring Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Marine Vacth, Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo and Gigi Proietti.SYNOPSIS:The timeless, and constantly retold, story of a sentient wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy.Everybody knows the story of Pinocchio. Thanks mostly to the magical 1940 Disney adaptation, Carlo Collodi’s 19th century novel is […]
Cabaret with Perfect 10 director Eva Riley | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #91
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Eva Riley chats about her new film Perfect 10 and her all-time favourite – classic musical Cabaret…On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Eva Riley chats to me […]
The Purge: Anarchy with critic Shona Harding | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #90
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, critic Shona Harding delves into the chaos of James DeMonaco’s horror sequel The Purge: Anarchy…On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Shona Harding discusses the chaotic violence […]
Movie Review – Flash Gordon Special 40th Anniversary Restoration
Flash Gordon (Special 40th Anniversary Restoration), 1980.Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, Ornella Muti, Topol, Peter Wyngarde and Richard O’Brien.SYNOPSIS:A football player and a travel agent find themselves facing the wrath of an alien warlord, with the fate of the Earth in their hands.The […]
Movie Review – Summerland (2020)
Summerland, 2020.Directed by Jessica Swale. Starring Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Dixie Egerickx, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton.SYNOPSIS:A reclusive writer in 1940s Kent delves back into her past when her emotional side is awakened by an evacuee boy forced into her care.There’s nothing the British movie industry loves more than a cosy story set […]
A Woman Under the Influence with filmmaker Xinyi Zhu | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #89
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Xinyi Zhu discusses the ground-breaking work of John Cassavetes in A Woman Under the Influence…On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Xinyi Zhu talks about her new short […]
Movie Review – Make Up (2019)
Make Up, 2019.Directed by Claire Oakley. Starring Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie Martini, Theo Barklem-Biggs and Lisa Palfrey.SYNOPSIS:A young woman travels down to Cornwall to live with her boyfriend at the holiday park where he works, but begins to suspect he has been cheating on her.There’s something inherently strange about a British seaside holiday park […]
Movie Review – Last and First Men (2020)
Last and First Men, 2020.Directed by Jóhann Jóhannsson. Starring Tilda Swinton.SYNOPSIS:A message from billions of years in the future, alerting humanity to its ultimate extinction.“Listen patiently,” intones the other-worldly voice over of Tilda Swinton. “We who are the last men earnestly desire to communicate with you.” As she speaks, the camera pans beneath a huge, […]
Movie Review – The Rifleman (2019)
The Rifleman, 2019.Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs. Starring Oto Brantevics, Raimonds Celms, Martins Vilsons, Jekabs Reinis, Gatis Gaga, Renars Zeltins and Greta Trusina.SYNOPSIS:When his mother is gunned down by German soldiers, a Latvian teenager enlists to fight on the frontline of the First World War under the command of his military veteran father.It’s always refreshing to […]
Movie Review – Saint Frances (2019)
Saint Frances, 2019.Directed by Alex Thompson. Starring Kelly O’Sullivan, Charin Alvarez, Lily Mojekwu, Max Lipchitz, Jim True-Frost and Ramona Edith Williams.SYNOPSIS:In the aftermath of having an abortion, a woman becomes the nanny for a precocious six-year-old.One of the most refreshing elements of the brilliant recent BBC drama I May Destroy You was its frank depiction […]
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