Sexy Beast, 2000.Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Amanda Redman, Ian McShane, Cavan Kendall, James Fox, and Julianne White.SYNOPSIS:Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits retired safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.British gangster movies tend to fall into one of two categories, those being the very […]
Sirens from Space: Species and Under The Skin
Tom Jolliffe double bills Species and Under The Skin…The sexy siren, luring men to their inevitable doom by taking on the form of a gorgeous woman. Like cats to catnip, the men salivate their way to demise. In one corner we have Species, the tale of a scientific splicing of human and alien DNA that […]
Movie Review – The Zone of Interest (2023)
The Zone of Interest, 2023.Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller.SYNOPSIS:The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.Jonathan Glazer has carved out a reputation as one of the most singular directors working […]
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest unveils new trailer and artwork
With a little over a week to go until the release of The Zone of Interest, A24 Films has shared a new poster and trailer for the acclaimed drama.Directed by Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin), the film is based on Martin Amis’ 2014 novel and centres on a commandant of Auschwitz and his wife (Christian […]
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest unveils trailer and poster
Coming off an acclaimed festival run, A24 Films has released a poster and trailer for The Zone of Interest, writer-director Jonathan Glazer’s (Sexy Beast, Under the Skin) adaptation of Martin Amis’ 2014 novel.The drama follows Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), commandant of Auschwitz and his wife (Sandra Hüller), as they strive to build an ideal life […]
A Turn of the Century Cockney Gangster Double Bill
Tom Jolliffe double bills two cockney gangster films from the turn of the century in The Limey and Sexy Beast…Toward the end of the last century, leading into the new one, the British gangster film really seemed to take off again. We saw the emergence of a number of significant exponents of the genre, most […]
The directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade
Tom Jolliffe on the directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade… There’s a cinematic crossroads on the horizon. As the market gets swallowed up by a core consumer taste leaning toward spandex and radioactive arachnid bites, there’s a need for modern thinking, engaging directors to offer something different. After all, there’s only […]
