“I wanted audiences to walk out of the theatre and really think about their lives and what is important to them.” David O’Leske Legendary American climber Fred Beckey spent most of his life on the road, moving from adventure to adventure, bagging first ascents and tricky routes. Along the way he acquired and lost girlfriends… Director David O’Leske on Fred Beckey, the original “dirtbag climber”, still sleeping by the roadside at 93 Read More
30 Miles From Nowhere 3 stars
After so many horror films about teens and college kids facing their doom, their friendships unravelling in the face of danger, it’s refreshing that this time it’s the older but not wiser getting their comeuppance. With the youngsters I tend to bear in mind how much of an annoying, supercilious whiner I was at that age… 30 Miles From Nowhere Read More
Midsommar murders: Ari Aster is back with teaser for new horror
Ari Aster, writer-director of last year’s terrifying indie horror Hereditary, is back this August with Midsommar – a tale of pagan cults, unsettling festivals, gorgeous summer dresses and what could well be giant sausages, set in Sweden. The scandi folk horror stars Florence Pugh as Dani, who reluctantly travels to Sweden with her boyfriend Christian… Midsommar murders: Ari Aster is back with teaser for new horror Read More
INTERVIEW: How to make An American Piano, set in Japan, by two Aussies – Hamish Downie & Paul Leeming
“You could say that the descendants of old enemies came together to make this film – which is part of our message.” Hamish Downie, writer and producer of An American Piano. Paul Leeming and Hamish Downie, the director and writer/producer of An American Piano, both lived in Japan for several years (Hamish still does). Their… INTERVIEW: How to make An American Piano, set in Japan, by two Aussies – Hamish Downie & Paul Leeming Read More
Destination: Dewsbury 2 stars
It’s a huge shock when the first one of your generation dies, as delusions of immortality crumble and the reality of middle age looms. New indie British comedy Destination: Dewsbury tackles this from the viewpoints of four men, mates since school, their lives starting to disintegrate just as the fifth member of their schoolboy gang turns out… Destination: Dewsbury Read More
Burning Men 3 stars
There’s a great gag at the end of Burning Men that made me wonder if the writer thought it up then worked backwards creating a story leading up to it. And that’s partly what the film itself does, when what seems like a British horror movie turns out to be more a psychological foray into… Burning Men Read More
Two For Joy 4 stars
For the widowed Aisha (Samantha Morton) grief itself has become the driving force, rather than the reaction; with her family caught in an enervating circle of misery where the sheer exhaustion of getting through the day prevents them from escaping. It needs a huge catalyst to kick them off the repetitive cycle onto a different… Two For Joy Read More
The Interview (Short Film) Short Film 3.5 stars
It’s bad enough being asked to show your work at interviews (for which read “write something for free that we can use whether you get the job or not”). But poor Robert Stevens (Scott Michael Wagstaff), the interviewee in Stefan Fairlamb’s short film, finds this taken to a whole new level. He’s come to a… The Interview (Short Film) Read More
An American Piano (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars
Music, like war, is a great leveller. During World War Two, Youko (Leon Masuda), a little girl living in Japan with plans to train to be a concert pianist, sits at her grand piano playing Chopin. Across the way, an Allied prisoner of war listens and catches her eye. Based on a true story, An… An American Piano (Short Film) Read More
V (Short Film) Short Film 3.5 stars
Not everything you find on Google about vampires is true, says 16 year old Minnie ruefully: “I didn’t get fangs, I certainly didn’t develop some unearthly beauty!” she says as she sits in the kitchen of her flat drinking a bottle of blood she keeps in the fridge. Some things about vampires are true though,… V (Short Film) Read More
Not lost in translation – director Barnabás Tóth on his Oscar-shortlisted short “Chuchotage”
The short film Chuchotage lets us glimpse a world I haven’t seen before on film, that of on-the-spot interpreting. It’s a buoyant comedy, with terrific central performances from Géza Takács and Pál Göttinger as two bored translators stuck in the interpreting booth at a European white goods conference. Shortlisted for this year’s live action short… Not lost in translation – director Barnabás Tóth on his Oscar-shortlisted short “Chuchotage” Read More
The influence of Instagram: interview with Jonathan Ignatius Green, director of acclaimed documentary “Social Animals”
“Almost every adult I’ve talked to about social media has remarked how glad they are that they didn’t have it when they were in high school. What does that say about our true feelings about this thing we’re all glued to?” Jonathan Ignatius Green’s thoughtful and highly entertaining documentary Social Animals, which premiered to great acclaim at… The influence of Instagram: interview with Jonathan Ignatius Green, director of acclaimed documentary “Social Animals” Read More
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