my film journal

This is the first TV series I feel compelled to write about, it’s just that good. This highly acclaimed multi-award winning series from M...

Burden of Dreams (1982) is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the people and places involved in the making of Werner Herzog’s jungl...

A throwback to art school dramas like Fame (1980), without the spontaneous singing and dancing in the streets, Whiplash takes place in ...

The slogan on the Spanish poster of the Argentine film Wild Tales (2014) or Relatos Salvajes reads “We all have our animal side”...

Bask in the warm glow of this exuberant feel-good romance. There are so many wonderful things going for this film including a great cast ...

A luxury ski resort with all the modern conveniences catering to a wealthy clientele nestled among the scenic snow covered mountain peaks...

If you had a wife with a talent for art, but who lacked the drive to promote herself and her work, which just happened to be your specialty,...

“Sometimes it’s the people that no one imagines anything of, who do the things no one can imagine” This often repeated quote from the ...

Part Boyhood (2014) and part Full Metal Jacket (1987), this extraordinary coming-of-age documentary follows a boy’s harrowing journey t...

Watching Nightcrawler , as disturbing as it is, is like watch a slow motion car crash; you can’t take your eyes off it. In that sense the...

A surreal hallucinogenic riff on mid-life crisis, lost youth and a desperate attempt to regain relevance in an ever trending world, Birdm...

With Remembrance Day approaching, Fury reminds us of the sacrifices that were made by so many young men and women during W.W. II. We ...

The Hundred- Foot Journey is a feast for the eyes and heart. Film making has so much in common with great cooking and Swedish director La...

Tokyo Fiancée is a fun romantic cross-cultural charmer adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and based on her own pe...

A Girl at My Door , the remarkable first feature film from Korean director July Jung is a brave and sharply observed drama about the ugly...

This delightful, uplifting, life affirming, British crowd-pleaser is the most fun you’ll have at the cinema this year.  PRIDE is the ...