Review: Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is out now in the UK, December in the US 1973. The opening scene of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” tastes like a can of ox-tail soup washed down with whiskey and 40 fags....
Category: Film and movies
Review: The Devil’s Double
The Devil's Double is a new film, a fictionalised version of the real-life story of Latif Yahia, who served as the double of Saddam Hussein's son Uday. Unlike Jona Lewie you will never find Uday...
Review: Sawako Decides
Small town girl Sawako is constipated both literally and metaphorically. Her dream life in Tokyo has ground to a halt. Her get up and go has got up and gone. She’s on her 5th job and her 5th...
The Further Adventures of Hermione Granger
It would be fair to say that neither I nor anyone else expected the sheer volume of the reaction to last week’s piece on Hermione Granger. It was a silly idea, one I submitted to my editor almost...
Scotland Yarn: A Chat with “Trainspotting” Tour Guide Tim Bell
A NYC schoolteacher now working in Amsterdam, an Australian-born Parisian hotel bartender residing in Edinburgh (who the schoolteacher met at her hotel the night before), and a vibrant chaplain...
The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick gets personal
Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World, and The Tree of Life - with only 5 films directed in the last 40 years Peter Biskind was on the money when he called Terrence Malick,...
The Good Life: An Interview with Eva Mulvad
“The newly rich are doing well but we old rich are the new poor.” So sayeth the fifty-something Anne Mette, in just one of her many Oscar Wilde-like bon mots. The younger half of the female...
Review: The Honey Killer
The Honey Killer at London Independent Film Festival Dontcha just hate well-heeled City boys? Those untouchable masters of the universe. They’re still cock of the wall despite losing your money,...
Monkey Talk: An Interview with “Project Nim” Director James Marsh
James Marsh is a humble low-key guy who often explores over-the-top boisterous characters. He’s also equal parts affable and driven, and a filmmaker whose work I’ve been raving about ever since...
Review: Suckerpunch
Dabbling in different genres is much the same as experimenting with a wild cocktail of hard drugs; it may have some electric highs but the comedown isn’t going to be pretty. After unleashing Sucker...