The world of late-night TV talk shows has provided fruitful material for ‘behind the scenes’ satires and exposés with comedy classics like The Larry Sanders Show and tele-movies such as The Late Shift. Hosting a talk show appears to be an odd mix of empathy and narcissism in which the host is often a bigger star than the person they’re
Read moreBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blache is the remarkable story of French/ Chilean and later American, Alice Guy Blache, possibly the first female film director, producer and film company owner. She was there at cinema’s conception in 1895 with the Lumiere Brothers and Thomas Edison and according to this documentary was more prolific than all of them.
Read moreAs if eight inexplicably popular movies, in the mind-numbing Fast and Furious franchise weren’t enough, the series, like a mutant beast, has sprouted another limb in the form of the ludicrous but not particularly fun spinoff, Hobbs and Shaw. This film is as punishingly loud, soulless, chaotic and utterly preposterous as previous instalments in the franchise, even though it moves
Read moreJon Favreau appears to be the go-to guy for hyper-real, CGI animated films about anthropomorphised animals. He did a wonderful job with his remake of The Jungle Book, bringing adventure, excitement and moving pathos to Kipling’s story. Now, he helms the re-imagining of much loved Disney classic The Lion King. Unfortunately, while this film has a few remarkable moments it
Read morePart romance, part epic German historical drama, Never Look Away tells a story of personal trauma, artistic expression and self-discovery through the Second World War and its aftermath. Set over a tumultuous 30-year period, the film begins in 1937 as the Nazi program is beginning to have a devastating impact on German society and culture. During this time young Kurt
Read moreWith the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing there has been a slew of TV documentaries about this epochal event. It’s unlikely that any of them are as mesmerising as the current cinema release doco simply entitled Apollo 11. Through remarkable archival footage which includes 35 mm film, CCTV and astonishingly clear and vivid 70mm footage recently discovered
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