‘Silence of the Lambs’ Q & A with Jodie Foster, From the BFI
Recently, I saw a special screening of The Silence of the Lambs with a Q&A session with Jodie Foster. The BFI were kind enough to...
Author: Paul Salt
‘Jigsaw’ Review: More Saw with all the Flaws.
A new game begins! Though it’s really more like an expansion pack. Same rules, same feel, just a few new features. Jigsaw picks up ten...
‘The Death of Stalin’ Review: Iannucci’s Dark Political Comedy Scores Big Laughs
Armando Iannucci’s excellent new film opens with a fabulous statement of purpose. On the last night of Joseph Stalin’s life he signs that night’s death...
‘Thor: Ragnarok Review’: Thor and Hulk Unite, but the New Marvel Movie isn’t Quite A Knock-out Blow
“You will always be the God of Mischief, but if you tried you could be so much more” Thor’s most recent piece of advice to...
‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is Hilarious, Spine-tingling and Utterly Gripping.
The less you know about what actually happens in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the richer your experience of the first act will be....
‘Thelma’ is a Subtle, Supernatural Character Study
Director Joachim Trier told us that after his drama film Louder than Bombs he wanted to make something more abstract. As such, he decided to...
’78/52′ Gets Right to the Bloody Heart of Hitchcock’s Classic Shower Scene
78 setups for 52 shots. That’s what comprises the infamous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and the title of this new documentary about the...
The Best of the Fest: Our London Film Festival Top 10
The 61st London Film Festival is finally over. Of the 241 movies shown at the festival I managed to see a measly 40. Covering a...
‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Review: Vince Vaughn Convinces as the Big Badass You Don’t Want to Mess With
Bone Tomahawk was a savage but highly inventive film. Writer director S. Craig Zahler has followed this horror western up with a tense and equally...
From the London Film Festival 2017 ‘Jailbreak’ Has Some of the Best Fight Scenes This Side of The Raid
Cambodia’s answer to The Raid? Actor Jean-Paul Ly revealed to us that the Cambodian film industry is very young. It’s first modern cinema opened only...