City of God (Cidade de Deus, 2002) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
One of the best films of the decade, a Brazilian The Roaring Twenties, raw, violent, warm, hilarious, scary and confronting, …
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Clean (2004) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Olivier Assayas is the guy who, with Demonlover, made an S&M fantasy whereby Connie Nielsen was exiled to a fate …
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Shekhar Kapur’s original Elizabeth was an odd mutt of a film that tried to play English history as The Godfather, …
The Music Lovers (1970) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Ken Russell’s artist biopics generally have the same relation to their subjects that A Hard Day’s Night has to the …
Gabrielle (2005) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Adaptation of a Conrad short story – fertile material for films; see also The Duellists – and a pitch-perfect bit …
The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) Movie Review & Filmsummary, Cast
I have finally seen the greatest movie ever made. A work that dwarfs the combined oeuvres of Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Mizoguchi, …
Ask The Dust (2006) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Colin Farrell bestows his often obnoxious writer Arturo Bandini with much soul, and Salma Hayek was born to play her …
As You Like It (2006) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Ken Branagh! Doing Shakespeare! Again! Can’t this guy take a hint? No-one cares! Take your pudgy little Irish mug and …
Häxan (1923) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Benjamin Christensen’s legendary silent mockumentary is a breath of fresh air in its blackly comic, highly irreverent and spooky take …
The Jazz Singer (1927) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Quite apart from its historical significance – five minutes’ worth of trite dialogue and numerous horrific Al Jolson songs – …
