Review: The Lobster
I still haven’t gotten around to seeing Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth, though I intend to. The blackly surreal 2009 film was nominated for a Best ...
Tag: UK
RIP Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
Sir Christopher Lee has passed away at the age of 93. Lee died in the hospital on Sunday, June 7th, though word of ...
Features
Why It Sucks To Go To The Movies In London
Earlier this week, I complained errantly on twitter, as I am wont to do, about my local cinema’s increasing of prices to £11.80. ...
Reviews
Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service
“Turn off your brain” is one of the worst phrases a critic can put into a review. It’s both insulting to the reader ...
Reviews
Review: A Field in England
Did you know that there was an English Civil War in the middle of the 17th century? I had no idea, but apparently ...
First trailer for Cuban Fury starring Nick Frost
Cuban Fury may not have a domestic release date yet (only releasing in the UK for now), but that doesn’t make me want ...
Reviews
NYFF Review: Le Week-End
It’s impossible to not compare Le Week-End to the films in Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy. With the setting of Before Sunset and the ...
Reviews
Review: Electric Man
In the animated title sequence for Electric Man, the audience is treated to a motion-comic showing the genesis of the titular character. A ...
Reviews
Review: 12 Years a Slave
When 12 Years a Slave played at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, there were reports of walkouts during screenings, even among ...
Reviews
NYFF Review: Alan Partridge
British comedy has a fine tradition of endlessly watchable twits. Off the top of my head, some of my favorites are Basil Fawlty ...
Book: Very Naughty Boys (HandMade Films)
My knowledge of the British film industry is spotty at best. Beyond the requisite Hammer fandom, an admiration for classic Ealing comedies (e.g., ...
Trailers
Only God Forgives UK Trailer
Blimey. While you lot are out and about mingling and meeting ‘Murica-ing, Ryan Gosling’s hot face has been splattered all over a fancy ...