Films
by Neil Dowden
Spike Lee’s exuberant, sassy hip-hop musical is both topical and archetypal. It transfers Aristophanes’ classical Greek comedy Lysistrata – in which the eponymous heroine persuades…
Rock by name, rock by nature. As Mick Rock himself states in Barnaby Clay’s fascinating documentary about the acclaimed music photographer showing in the London...
Filmed over two years, James Caddick and James Cronin’s Elephant Days takes a refreshingly alternative approach to the music documentary. As well as being a...
What individual forms a link between American psychedelic rock, proto-punk and punk rock itself? The answer is Danny Fields. He may not be a household...
Nominated as Best Foreign Language Film in both the Oscars and BAFTAs, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzlez Irritus fourth feature is unlikely to gain him any...
The American is an accomplished second movie for rock music photographer/video maker turned feature film director Anton Corbijn. With a very different subject from Control,...
Few critics have been kind to the Harry Potter franchise. The early entries – cosy, Christmas-afternoon affairs – were dismissed as mere family fare, stock...
Famed for his bleak comedy-dramas, writer/director Mike Leigh seems to have mellowed recently. Although not nearly as chirpy as the previous Happy-Go-Lucky, his latest, deceptively...
In the late 1950s a film called La Belle Américaine caused quite a scandal in French cinemas, for the sole reason that it starred a...
cast list Neve Campbell Andrew Nikiforuk Lester Brown Mike Hudema directed by Leslie Iwerks Dirty Oil is the third film to be distributed by The...
cast list Daoud Siddiqi Rafi Naabzada Hameed Sakhizada Lema Sahar Setara Hussainzada directed by Havana Marking Im going to shoot a documentary about Pop Idol,...
cast list Amy Adams Matthew Goode Adam Scott John Lithgow directed by Anand Tucker Leap Year is the latest in a seemingly endless stream of...
cast list James McAvoy Christopher Plummer Helen Mirren Paul Giamatti directed by Michael Hoffman The Last Station focuses on the tumultuous final months of Leo...
cast list Morgan Freeman Matt Damon Tony Kgoroge Patrick Mofokeng directed by Clint Eastwood Based on the novel by John Carlin, Invictus is set in...
cast list Yang Ik-june Kim Kot-bi Jeong Man-shik Lee Hwan Hong Seung-il Kim Sang-won Kim Seon-bin Park Byeong-eun directed by Yang Ik-june “Fucking bitch you...
cast list Mel Gibson Ray Winstone Danny Huston Bojana Novakovic Shawn Roberts directed by Martin Campbell It cant be emphasised enough how groundbreaking and prestigious...
cast list Tahar Rahim Niels Arestrup Adel Bencherif Hichem Yacoubi directed by Jacques Audiard French cinemas style and swagger has captivated and influenced American filmmakers...
cast list George Clooney Vera Farmiga Anna Kendrick Jason Bateman Amy Morton directed by Jason Reitman He may only have directed three films, but Jason...
cast list John Hurt Ray Winstone Ian McShane Tom Wilkinson directed by Malcolm Venville The Brit gangster flick has always dealt in masculinities. From Dicky...
cast list Meryl Streep Steve Martin Alec Baldwin John Krasinski directed by Nancy Meyers The romantic comedy has a bad reputation that probably has more...
cast list Viggo Mortensen Kodi Smit-McPhee Charlize Theron Robert Duval Guy Pearce directed by John Hillcoat TRAILER: The Road SOUNDTRACK: The Road OST After the...
Friendly Fires – Inflorescent
Modern Studies and Tommy Perman – Emergent Slow Arcs
Prom 40: Queen Victoria’s 200th Anniversary @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 38: Solomon’s Knot @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 36: Late-Night Mixtape @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 35: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Brabbins @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 34: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Barenboim @ Royal Albert Hall, London