October 23, 2024

Film reviews, TV reviews and tales of film making and festivals

The Master: Film review

Paul Thomas Anderson has come a long way since his directorial debut Hard Eight in 1996, since attracting a wealth of acting talent to his later projects that would rival a film by Robert Altman. […]

Mapmaking at the Raindance

This year celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the Raindance Film Festival presented (from its London location) a vast array of exciting new independent films from talented young directors, along with a selection of retrospectives and workshops […]

Skyfall: Film review

Fifty years is a long time for a film franchise that has had its ups and downs but always retained the public love. The Bond legacy is also such a vital part of our culture […]

I Write the Bee Sides…

Trawling junk shops, getting covered in chalk & charcoal, scavenging for a drum kit. These are probably not the usual activities of someone preparing for a book launch. But with seismic changes afoot (that’s right […]

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