“Mr. Jones”: Film Review
On the last day of 1930, a young man wrote a prescient article for the Cardiff Western Mail: “Liberty, for which fighters in Britain have struggled for centuries, is now considered pre-Victorian humbug throughout the world”.
Berlinale 2020 Highlights Part 1 – Colonial Legacies
The Berlinale distinguishes itself through its openness – a large-scale competitive festival, widely open to the public, with screenings in multiple cinemas throughout the city.
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”: Film Review
Céline Sciamma’s critically acclaimed tale of a silently rebellious love on a strange island, set in the 18th century, starts with a splash.
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“Happy as Lazzaro”: Film Review
A Cannes 2018 favourite, Alice Rohrwacher’s film is a deliciously subtle tragi-comic fable, told with the lightest of touches.
“Ad Astra”: Movie Musings
The best film about love?
“The Touch”: Film Review
The past brings up unexpected treasures in Ingmar Bergman’s 1971 “The Touch”.
“The Lighthouse”: Film Review
Painfully pleasurable and utterly epic, this gothic tale of one-eyed seagulls and men going mad is all crashing waves, booming foghorns, and stark, crepuscular landscapes.
“Daphne”: Film Review
This is a treat of a film. Its raw immediacy and wit both delight and worry.
“Ash is Purest White”: Film Review
A tale of unrequited love in three epic chapters is set against the sprawling landscapes of a rapidly changing China.
“The Cakemaker”: Film Review
A quietly intense love story start in a Berlin Konditorei.
“A Hidden Life”: Film Review
Does it matter if wartime resistance is futile? A resolute stand leads to the obscure death of a man, only belatedly turned into a saint by the Church that let him down.
“The Operative”: Film Review
A highly topical thriller and a genuinely engaging bittersweet romance, this tale of complex loyalties, kinship, and love is based on real-life stories of Mossad operatives.
The Elusive War Movie
Christopher Nolan is adamant that “Dunkirk” is not a war movie.
“Phantom Thread”: Review
A love affair ends dismally, in the elegantly wallpapered breakfast room of a grand London townhouse: a suggestive Belgian iced bun is spurned.