Louder than Bombs

Following his release from prison, Oscar Wilde spent his last years a shadow of the character that he once was. Not that his waspish humour left him, as star and director Rupert Everett highlights in this intelligent and moving portrait. It’s a superb performance by Everett, conveying both the pain and preening of the noted […]

What makes a film score unforgettable? Featuring Hans Zimmer, James Cameron, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Quincy Jones, Trent Reznor, Howard Shore, Rachel Portman, Thomas Newman, Randy Newman, Leonard Maltin, and the late James Horner and Garry Marshall, Score: A Film Music Documentary brings Hollywood’s elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the […]

Thelma (Eili Harboe) is a member of a small community, but she is so quiet her presence is barely noticeable. However, she has a powerful gift and her attraction to a fellow student (Kaya Wilkins) is only increasing its intensity. Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st, Louder Than Bombs) could have echoed Brian De Palma’s penchant […]

All eight episodes from the first season of the US drama starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Beginning in the 1970s, the show chronicles the legalisation and rise of the porn industry in New York City. Owing money to the Mob, Frankie and his twin brother Vincent (both Franco) decide to enter the newly-legal pornography […]

The latest film by British auteur Mark Cousins (I am Belfast, The Story of Film). Stockholm My Love follows the footsteps of Alva Achebe (Neneh Cherry), a Swedish architect fascinated by the way buildings influence lives, but haunted by a tragic event from her past. Filmed on the streets of the Swedish capital by Cousins and acclaimed […]

Documentary directed by Alan G. Parker commemorating the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ legendary album, ‘Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. An immediate success and a symbol of 1960s counterculture, the Beatles’ eighth studio album broke new ground in the music industry both in terms of its conceptual structure and its innovative technical […]

Donald (Brendan Gleeson) lives on Hampstead Heath. Emily lives on its edge (Diane Keaton). They seem to have little in common, but when developers want to remove Donald from his home the two find themselves fighting alongside each other. Inspired by a true story, Joel Hopkins’ (Last Chance Harvey) gentle comedy drama profits from the […]

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