‘Port of Shadows’ (1938) Bluray Review: Stunning Restoration of Noir Classic
Studio Canal have lovingly restored a key film in the history of French Cinema and Film Noir. Marcel Carné’s Port of Shadows (Le Quai des...
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“This is the Biggest Programme We’ve Ever Done” Widescreen Weekend 2025: Rebecca Hill Interview
Bradford is the 2025 City of Culture. What does that mean for the festival this year? It means that we’ve been able to push the...
Christopher Nolan is a Coward, James Cameron is Right!
James Cameron has announced that his film “Ghosts of Hiroshima” will not shy away from the harsh truth that dropping nuclear weapons on civilians was...
Widescreen Weekend 2024 Line-up Revealed!
The spectacle of the big screen has long been the unique selling point of film exhibitors hoping to draw audiences away from home media (from...
Jen and the Film Critic Episode 9. Jurassic Park Dominion, Top Gun Maverick, Men and More!
It’s the summer blockbuster season! So what better time to talk about folk horror films Men and All My Friends Hate Me? We will also...
Jen and the Film Critic #7: The Northman, Operation Mincemeat, Benedetta and Cannes Preview!
Two of the most anticipated films of the week came out this week, but never mind, it’s time to discuss Viking revenge dramas, WW2 spy...
LFF 2021 ‘The Harder They Fall’ Review: Ambitious, Bloody and Hollow
A familiar story of retribution unfolds in the old west; a young man (Jonathan Winters) witnesses the murder of his entire family at the hands...
LFF 2021 ‘Boiling Point’ Review: Stephen Graham and Philip Barantini Cook Up a Storm
Inspired by Writer-Director Philip Barantini’s fraught experiences working for a busy restaurant, Boiling Point follows a hectic night in a London fine-dining restaurant. Head Chef Andy Jones...
Sundance London 2021 ‘Misha and the Wolves’: Overwrought Doc that Buries the Lead
In 1997 Misha Defonseca published a book recounting her extraordinary childhood experience of pursuing her parents through Nazi occupied Europe. On the verge of starvation...
Sundance London 2021 ‘Zola’ Review: Viral Twitter becomes Thrilling Cinema
In 148 tweets, Aziah “Zola” King recounted a shocking story of a stripper’s road trip gone bizarrely and dangerously wrong. Janicza Bravo now realises this...