It’s easy to emphasise with adolescent apathy when it’s 30 degrees below zero, nightfall at four o’clock in the afternoon, and you’re knee-deep in greying snow sludge. But at 28 years old, Hylnur's a little long in the tooth to be making Nintendo, cyber porn and... More
Written by Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours tells the true story of American climber Aron Ralston (James Franco) who gets trapped whilst on a solo climbing expedition in Utah's Blue John canyon. Half way along his trip in a isolated ravine, a dislodged half-tonne boulder crashes down on... More
Takashi Miike, the director responsible for such uncompromising and unforgettable movies as Audition and Ichi The Killer indelibly stamps his trademark style on the Samurai genre with the ultra-violent, all-action, blood-spattered epic, 13 Assassins. One of the most... More
From renowned director Claire Denis comes this beautifully observed and emotionally vibrant father and daughter relationship drama which captures the warmth and easy going love between family and close friends, drawing perfectly nuanced and sensitive, truthful performances from... More
Further evidence of the continuing renaissance of Romanian cinema (The Death of Mr Lazarescu, 12:08 East of Bucharest) was presented when 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is set over one long night in the final years of... More
Haneke’s articulate critique of the isolating effects of western society, the media and television in particular, is composed of an intricate series of unrelated scenes, culminating in an apparently motiveless act of violence. Perfectly paced and executed, Haneke’s skilful... More
Michel Poiccard, an ex-airline steward turned hoodlum, steals a car and heads to Paris. Discovering a gun in the car’s glove compartment, he uses it to shoot and kill a cop who tries to wave him down. He wants to escape to Italy with his American girlfriend Patricia, but the... More
Leading French film-maker Arnaud Desplechin has gathered an all-star cast headed by Catherine Deneuve and Mathieu Amalric for this wickedly funny and outrageous spin on a family reunion drama. Deneuve plays the matriarch who needs to gather all the family together not... More