The Deep Focus

Wow. Double wow. Thrice wow. La La Land, The Handmaiden, and now Dunkirk, the third great film I’ve seen at the cinema this year (and I’ve seen a lot). Great…

Why is that when you see people going to bed at night in a film, that after they put their bedside light out there is often still a faint patch…

So having reviewed Baby Driver, this got me thinking about my favourite cool scenes in films and this scene from Godard’s Bande a Part immediately sprung to mind. I never…

….before I was interrupted. (I’ve had connection problems and hence no posts for too long.) So now I’m back and raring to go.

This film is so C-O-O-O-O-O-L. This film is so cool it could make The Fonz look square. It’s so cool it could freeze liquid nitrogen instantly. It’s so cool we…

So this week I saw Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin (1925) at the cinema for the first time, indeed the first time at all for at least 20 years. I don’t remember…

NB Top ten favourite new films are listed in a different colour font. Films I consider to be masterpieces have the letter M written after the title in red. Star…

NB Top ten favourite new films are listed in a different colour font. Films I consider to be masterpieces have the letter M written after the title in red. Flags…

I have now added the latest guest post, just click on Guest Reviews at the top right of the page. This overview is written by an expert on the Carry…

I’ve only ever left a theatrical performance before its conclusion once, just once. Such is my hope that things must improve that I’ll sit through anything to the bitter end,…