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20 Great Performances from the Past Decade

December 28, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at 20 great performances from the past decade… There have been plenty of legendary performances through the years. Some gain the greatest of acclaim from the off, culminating in Oscar glory. Others hit below the radar, or don’t get the marketing push required for an Oscar run. Award season is in […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 12 Years a Slave, Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, Avengement, Burning, Chadwick Boseman, Elle, Frances McDormand, Hereditary, isabelle huppert, jake gyllenhaal, jk simmons, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Locke, Lupita Nyong'o, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, mads mikkelsen, Nightcrawler, olivia colman, Parasite, Scarlett Johannson, Scott Adkins, Song Kang-ho, Steven Yeun, The Father, The Favourite, The Hunt, The Lighthouse, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Tom Hardy, Toni Collette, Uncut Gems, Under the Skin, Viola Davis, Whiplash, Willem Dafoe

Ranking the Films of Paul Verhoeven

November 16, 2020 by George Nash

George Nash assesses the cinematic output of the subversive Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven… On the Rotten Tomatoes page of Showgirls, the critical consensus reads as follows: “Vile, contemptible, garish, and misogynistic — and that might just be exactly Showgirls‘ point”. It’s about as perfect as any summation could hope to be in capturing the journey taken […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, George Nash, Movies Tagged With: Basic Instinct, Black Book, Business is Business, Elle, Flesh + Blood, Hollow Man, Keetje Tippel, Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop, Showgirls, Soldier Of Orange, Spetters, starship troopers, The Fourth Man, Total Recall, Tricked, Turkish Delight

A Beginner’s Guide To Paul Verhoeven

November 17, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to iconic directors with controversial Dutch director, Paul Verhoeven… A man who never does anything by halves, Paul Verhoeven is a director who has courted controversy throughout his career. With a long and varied resume, spanning beginnings in Dutch TV and film, then in and out of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Basic Instinct, Black Book, Elle, Flesh and Blood, Hollow Man, Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop, Showgirls, Soldier Of Orange, starship troopers, Total Recall, Turkish Delight

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Elle (2016)

October 11, 2016 by Chris Haydon

Elle, 2016. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Laffite, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Christian Berkel and Jonas Bloquet. SYNOPSIS: Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. However her life takes a dramatic turn when she is raped in […]

Filed Under: Chris Haydon, Festivals, London Film Festival, Reviews Tagged With: 60th BFI London FIlm Festival, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Christian Berkel, Elle, isabelle huppert, Jonas Bloquet, Laurent Laffite, Paul Verhoeven

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