The Deep Focus

The new programme for the HOME cinema is out and there’s some interesting films being shown, as ever. I’m particularly looking forward to the season of films about the class…

I have now added further information to the listed films. Click on the menu link at the top of the page.

coming soon…..

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. 4…

To me, a cinematice masterpiece is that rare film in which everything comes together – acting, casting, script, direction, photography, music, plot etc, so that the film is elevated to…

I was worried. Worried that my experience of seeing Woody Allen’s Manhattan (1979) for the first time in a long time would tarnish how it existed in my memory. And…

I have now added the number 10 after the titles of all films (new and old) that I consider to be masterpieces.

My first film list is posted. Click on “Films I Have Seen” in the menu above and then click on “2015”. I know the suspense is incredible. This is a…

NB Top ten favourite new films are listed in a different colour font. Films I consider to be masterpieces have the number 10 written after the title. Enemy Birdman 10…

A couple of bleak films this weekend at the cinema: The new film Harmonium and Fassbinder’s Fox and his Friends (1975). If you want laughs, go somewhere else. I had…