Movies

  SNAPSHOT Color is one of the most effective tools in a storyteller’s arsenal. From fiery red, to the coldest blue, a great filmmaker knows just what colors to paint on the screen. Move over light and shadow, lets take the color wheel for a spin! Here are the very Continue Reading

  History, it is oft remarked, is written by the victors. But as Jackie, directed with restrained eloquence by Pablo Larrain, demonstrates throughout its sublimely meditative length, it can occasionally be written be written by those who may be deemed, in whole or in part, to be its victims. It Continue Reading

  When you hear people talk earnestly and loftily about the movies that will be nominated for this years’ Oscars, films like Jackie, Manchester by the Sea, Loving, Moonlight and La La Land, among a number of worthy contenders,  are mentioned as likely to get a nomination for Best Picture Continue Reading

  Childhood is often presented as some sort of unfettered idyll, a time of adventurous questioning and exploration unburdened the shoulder-sagging demands of adulthood. But the reality is that for all the depictions of untroubled starry-eyed blissful innocence, that growing hard is damn sight harder than it’s often made out Continue Reading

  I am betting, and yes I have been known to partake in games of chance and gambling on occasion – OK once, ONCE, and as a result my great aunt decided I had a chronic gambling addiction – that none of you have ever thought to combine the sweet, Continue Reading

  One of the great joys and strengths of French cinema is its ability, gifted from a thoroughly unique cultural perspective, to look at the great issues of life in a way that differs markedly from that of Hollywood’s. Films like Rosalie Blum, written and directed by Julien Rappeneau and based on Continue Reading

    SNAPSHOT In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble – LEGO Batman – stars in his own big-screen adventure: The LEGO Batman Movie. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants Continue Reading

  Dave and Sarah, from Notts in the UK, are dedicated cat owners of Tara and Willow and the hosts of a weekly pub quiz where, not surprisingly, a movie question or two pops up. Now anyone can ask a question about a particular film, but how much more would Continue Reading

  If you are a booklover like me, it’s highly likely you have spent a great deal of time in bookstores this festive season choosing amazing, thrilling, enticing, fun, sad, thoughtful books as presents for those you love. Of course I don’t need a particular season as an excuse to Continue Reading