Legendary French director Jacques Rivette has died aged 87. Best known for his involvement with the French New Wave, Rivette had a long career making his first feature, Paris nous appartient, in 1961 and releasing his last film, 36 vues du pic Saint-Loup or Around a Small Mountain, in 2009. Born in Rouen in 1928, […]
Review: Youth
P aolo Sorrentino has followed up the grandeur of La grande bellezza with a far more simplistic yet rewarding effort. Youth or La giovinezza is his second film in the English language coming across much better than 2011’s cold and inconsistent This Must Be the Place largely thanks to a more precise and mature narrative. […]
Review: Legend
Legend is a troubled film. Although it is quite enjoyable on the surface, as soon as you delve underneath its flashy exterior, its flaws unravel in a rather prolific fashion. Surface is a key word, since it’s something the film prides itself on, and it allows the film to get away with a lot. However, […]
Review: The Connection
Online Screen Editor, Jack Smith takes a look at the stylish new French thriller The Connection assessing its many qualities, but also considers what is missing: [dropcap size=small]C[/dropcap]édric Jimenez’s French crime thriller The Connection (La French) opened last week, and the more I think about it, the more I like it. It stars Jean Dujardin, […]
The Future of Action Cinema?
In the wake of a relentless gushing of praise for George Miller’s reboot of his Mad Max franchise, Online Screen Editor, Jack Smith questions whether it is really worth all the fuss. [dropcap size=small]S[/dropcap]o, Mad Max: Fury Road came out a couple of weeks ago and everybody has been going crazy about it. It premiered […]