Alfred Hitchcock was an undoubted master of cinema; here are his best works… When you’re a master of cinema with a resume that is stuffed with incredible movies, sometimes the hardest thing for fans to agree upon is how to rank them. It’s easy if you’re looking at Richard Kelly, for example, whose best by […]
Ten Essential Films of the 1940s
Tom Jolliffe with ten essential films of the 1940s… We recently took a dive back to the 1950s in a quest to prove Quentin Tarantino wrong in his claim that it was one of the weakest decades for cinema. Sorry QT, but there are just far too many greats to come close to paling in […]
1930’s-50’s: The Golden Age of Mystery Films
Tom Jolliffe on why the 30’s to 50’s were a golden age for mystery films… Whether it’s a murder mystery, or a cat and mouse quest to uncover a mystery, the 1930’s, up until the end of the 1950’s saw a prolific output of mystery films. Across world cinema, from Britain, to Hollywood to Europe […]
Movie Review – Rebecca (2020)
Rebecca, 2020. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Keeley Hawes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Riley, Anna Dowd and Bill Paterson. SYNOPSIS: Manderley is the ancestral country seat of Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer). Shrouded in secrets, rife with scandal and cloaked in tragedy it sits precariously overlooking a ravaged coast line. It […]
Movie Review – Rebecca (2020)
Rebecca, 2020. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes, Jane Lapotaire, Lucy Russell, Bryony Miller, Sam Riley, Bill Paterson, Tom Goodman-Hill, Mark Lewis Jones, Jeff Rawle, John Hollingworth, Ben Crompton, and Ann Dowd. SYNOPSIS: A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English […]
New posters for Ben Wheatley’s Daphne du Maurier adaptation Rebecca
Netflix has revealed four new posters for Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of the classic Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca featuring Lily James and Armie Hammer; take a look here… SEE ALSO: First trailer for Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca welcomes us to Manderley After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), […]
First trailer for Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca welcomes us to Manderley
Netflix has released the first trailer for Rebecca, the new adaptation of the classic Daphne du Maurier novel from director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) and starring Lily James (Baby Driver), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) and Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour). Check it out here, along with the poster and official […]
Ben Wheatley says his Rebecca is not a Hitchcock remake “in any sense”
Next month sees the release of Rebecca, a new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic 1938 novel from director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) and starring Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Lily James (Baby Driver) and Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient). Of course, this isn’t the first adaptation of du Maurier’s […]
First images from Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca starring Lily James, Armie Hammer and Kristin Scott Thomas
Netflix has released five first look images from Ben Wheatley’s (High Rise, Free Fire) upcoming adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s beloved 1938 gothic novel Rebecca featuring Lily James, Armie Hammer and Kristin Scott Thomas, as well as announcing that the film will premiere on the streaming service on October 21st. Rebecca – which was previously […]
Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca fills out supporting cast as filming begins
Netflix has announced that Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard), Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Sam Riley (Free Fire) and Ben Crompton (Game of Thrones) have been cast alongside the previously announced Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James and Armie Hammer in director Ben Wheatley’s (Free Fire, High-Rise) upcoming adaptation of the classic Daphne Du Maurier novel Rebecca. The […]
