The Tales of Hoffmann, 1951. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Starring Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine. SYNOPSIS: An opera, Hoffmann tells of his romantic history with three beautiful women; Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia “I have to say”, says director Michael Powell prior to working on The Tales of Hoffmann, “I didn’t know much […]
Movie Review – Life of Riley (2014)
Life of Riley, 2014. Directed by Alain Resnais. Starring Sabine Azéma, Hippolyte Girardot, Caroline Silhol, Michel Vuillermoz, Sandrine Kiberlain and André Dussollier. SYNOPSIS: George Riley is due to die, forcing his close friends, and ex-lovers, to reflect on their own lives as he comes to the end of his. This is Alain Resnais’ final film. This is his third adaptation […]
Movie Review – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors, 1986. Directed by Frank Oz. Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia and Steve Martin. SYNOPSIS: A little shop becomes exceptionally successful after flower shop assistant Seymour finds an alien plant. But the cost of fame, fortune and love may be a little too high… In an era whereby Avenue Q and Book […]
Shoah: 70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz
On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Simon Columb revisits Shoah… A 9-hour film, Shoah is the definitive documentary on the holocaust. There is no effort to contextualise the “Final Solution” in World War II, and instead it focuses on reiterating the inhumanity. Akin to The Act of Killing, Claude Lanzmann takes us […]
Movie Review – Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis, 2007. Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud Featuring the voice talents of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, Iggy Pop SYNOPSIS: Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. We want films that shake us up. That pulls us out of our slumber […]
Movie Review – Project Almanac (2015)
Project Almanac, 2015. Directed by Dean Israelite. Starring Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner and Amy Landecker. SYNOPSIS A found-footage teen-flick, whereby our college-applying scientists find a clock-rewinding contraption in the basement… The word ‘almanac’ isn’t in the vocabulary I use. Perhaps ‘annual’, but I’d assume a collection of lists isn’t what the director is […]
Should Critics Watch Films Twice?
Simon Columb on whether critics should watch films twice… Initially, many were surprised at Inherent Vice’s lack of nominations during the awards season. Its directing pedigree of Paul Thomas Anderson, combined with an outstanding cast (Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, etc) seemed like it would be a shoe-in for the big-guns. Instead, not only […]
Movie Review – The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story, 1940. Directed by George Cukor. Starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. SYNOPSIS: Set to remarry, Tracy Lord (Hepburn) has to contend with her ex-husband (Cary Grant) and a reporter on the snoop (James Stewart) as she tries to go through with her upper-class wedding – with their intention to spoil it. […]
Movie Review – Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Au Revoir les Enfants, 1987 Directed by Louis Malle. Starring Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Philippe Morier-Genoud and Francine Racette. SYNOPSIS: Julien (Gaspard Manesse) is an ordinary boy. He’s not particularly different to the chatty children that run around the playground today. Though kicking each other with stilts would be a little risqué in this modern day and age. […]
DVD Review – Wish I Was Here (2014)
Wish I Was Here, 2014 Directed by Zach Braff. Starring Zach Braff, Kate Hudson, Joey King, Pierce Gagnon, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene, Mandy Patinkin and Jim Parsons. SYNOPSIS: Braff is Aiden Bloom, father to two adorable children (played by Joey King and Pierce Gagnon) and husband to a gorgeous woman (Kate Hudson). He is an aspiring […]
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