Director Karel Reisz’s modishly trendy razzle-dazzle 1966 comedy Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment is another pillar of the Swinging Sixties British New Wave cinema. It’s a lovely, funny, appealing film with irrepressible zest and […]
Director Richard Lester’s trendily modish 1965 British comedy was a box-office and critical success, as the 1965 Cannes Palme d’Or winner. Lester’s appealingly frenzied version of Ann Jellicoe’s stage play boasts a witty screenplay by Charles […]
Director Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s stylish, captivating and influential 1920 German silent version of the monster story is one of cinema’s great classics. Albert Steinruck stars as a rabbi, Der Rabbi Löw, who is building […]
Director Freddie Francis’s 1975 British horror movie is an unusual, strenuous tale of terror in the attic, with the odd imaginative touch glittering among a generous helping of horror-movie clichés. Anthony Hinds’s plot is certainly […]
‘10,000 Sights… 10,000 Thrills… The Fabulous Giant of Giants!’ Steve Reeves stars as Goliath in the 1959 Italian peplum film Il terrore dei barbari [Goliath and the Barbarians], with Cuban bombshell Chelo Alonso as the […]
Director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire triumphed at the 2009 Oscars, winning eight, including Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy) and Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle). A long, atmospheric film […]
Late twenty-something townies Susan and Becky (Rebecca Night, Gemma-Leah Devereux) leave the town for a quiet weekend hiking on Dartmoor. Haven’t they seen any movies? Don’t go on the moors! Some weird bloke called Chris […]
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