Ben Faulkner takes a look back at this years cinema hot takes.
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LFF 2019 Review: The Irishman
Online Screen Editor Jacob Heayes has nothing but praise for Martin Scorsese’s latest crime epic.
Crossing the two hour mark: risky or revolutionary?
Online Editor, Harry Caton, weighs up the pros and cons of films that push the boundaries of typical running times.
Remember This? Hugo
Hugo is a bit of an oddball in Martin Scorsese’s canon of work. Audiences are most likely to associate Scorsese with dark brooding works on human fragility from Mean Streets and Goodfellas to Taxi Driver and The Wolf Of Wall Street. Hugo first came to my attention during the awards season of 2011, as it […]
What can we expect from T2: Trainspotting?
It has now been over 20 years since Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting was released to critical acclaim. Not only did it successfully adapt Irvine Welsh’s prose, but it changed the passaggio of British cinema forever. Providing hard grit and contemporary music to the screen, in place of traditional period dramas. This was 1996, Oasis was playing […]
Late to the Party: Citizen Kane
I am a lover of film. I would not describe my tastes as hugely broad or all-encompassing, but I would like to think that I have a good knowledge of cinema and that I do appreciate much of what the film industry has to offer; from independent cinema and foreign films, all the way to […]
The DVD Library: Food, wine, and all things nice!
If your waist doesn’t widen during December, you’re doing something wrong. And, you also have incredible willpower. That’s right, we’re back in that time of year where every shop is decked out with glorious food and alcohol – yay! To get us all in the mood to break our diets, here are a few foodie […]