The Algerian war is one of the most significant political events of 20th century
France. A bloody battle fought from the back allies of Algiers to the streets of
Paris, the Algerian independence movement would eventually pro…Read More...
The topic of the Pyramids at Giza and the surrounding history of Ancient Egypt
have intrigued and confounded historians, archaeologist and other scholars of
related fields for centuries. It is a subject so over-exhauste…Read More...
Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950) is widely considered to be the film that
introduced western audiences to Japanese cinema. It was the first Japanese film
to be entered into the prestigious Venice International Film F…Read More...
Some genres and sub-genres in cinema are timeless. The monster movie is one of
these, a sub-genre that will keep repeating itself over in exciting new ways.
We’ve seen King Kong steal his damsel in many sequels and re…Read More...
Vincent Cassel follows up yet another outstanding performance, as Thomas Leroy in
Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, playing a stranger who bonds with a young lad
over their hatred of society. This is the first feature film b…Read More...
The difficult second album. That’s what it’s called in the music industry.
Does the same apply in the film world? Whether it does or not, Moon director
Duncan Jones hasn’t made it easy for himself, taking on a st…Read More...
Chris Marker is something of an enigma. Born is France (or perhaps Mongolia) on
29th July 1921, he began his career in filmmaking following WWII, visiting
socialist countries and documenting what he saw. He achieved i…Read More...
Born in Mallorca, Spain in 1968, Daniel Monzon quickly developed a keen interest
in the media; he worked as a journalist, film critic and deputy programme manager
before his directing debut in 1999 with Heart Of The Warrior.…Read More...
Cut from very much the same cloth as his brother’s hugely successful hit-man
comedy, In Bruges, John Michael McDonagh’s debut feature is a puerile,
tongue-in-cheek, police story about an unorthodox partnership…Read More...
Based on the 1959 novella by Brazilian author Jorge Armado, The Two Deaths Of
Quincas Wateryell offers a sharp critique of Brazilian class structures in the
mid-20th century. Whilst this isn’t the first adaptation o…Read More...
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