Simon Thompson looks at ten great director’s cuts that improve on the original theatrical editions… Director’s cuts are a strange beast indeed. Some of them completely enhance or make amends for the initial movie’s strengths and/or short-comings, but others usually add far too much water to a perfectly good beer (cough… Apocalypse Now Redux…cough) and […]
Incredible Character Actors Who Elevate Every Film
Simon Thompson with ten incredible character actors who are guaranteed to elevate any film… If movies and football have one thing in common it’s the fact that whilst having star names to get people in the building is all well and good, it’s what you have to bring off the bench that can make or […]
Johnnie To, Hong Kong Cinema’s Modern Master
Simon Thompson delves into the career of Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To… Intensely prolific (with a back-catalogue dating all the way back to 1980) and defiant, Johnnie To is a Hong Kong filmmaking giant who, despite approaching the age of 70 this year, has shown no sign of slowing down or falling out of love […]
David Lynch: American Cinema’s Great Enigma
Simon Thompson explores the career of the late, great David Lynch… To start this article off as simply as possible, David Lynch, one of American cinema’s greatest idiosyncratic directors is gone. While I knew that his health had sadly taken a turn for the worse since 2020, it still feels almost impossible to come to […]
Francis Ford Coppola In And Out Of The Wilderness
Simon Thompson chronicles Francis Ford Coppola’s career purgatory post-Apocalypse Now, as the filmmaker flitted between exile and embrace by the mainstream Hollywood studios… Francis Ford Coppola’s name is one that is synonymous with one of the most daring, innovative and exciting eras in American filmmaking, the New Hollywood era (1967- early 80s). Although this period […]
