Nothing says Christmas like a low-rent British gangster film. Whether it’s the lack of humour, gratuitous violence or miserable characters, Silent Night is full of festive spirit. Who needs It’s a Wonderful Life when you can watch a man deliver a box of body parts to a branch of Wimpy? Packed with tough blokes, shotguns […]Read More
Raging Bull is a violent film. That in itself is no surprise, considering that it captures the brutality of boxing in a brazen manner. It is, however, a film which lands its toughest blows outside of the ring. More about resentment and conflict than sport, this is a film with a man at war with […]Read More
We know what we’re getting from Liam Neeson these days. 12 years have passed since Taken became a hit. Suddenly, the serious star of Schindler’s List and Michael Collins became a rather surprising action hero. Now a fixture of B-movies – beating people up and barking macho dialogue with a thespian touch, Neeson has turned […]Read More
A celebration of music, creativity and nightlife, Oliver Murray’s documentary Ronnie’s is a surprisingly pertinent film that captures the importance of the arts and illustrates late 20th-century London in an alluringly bohemian light. Charting the life of Ronnie Scott, jazz saxophonist and co-founder of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, the film begins in a wistful, nostalgic mood. […]Read More
Earlier this month, the film industry was rocked by the news that the already delayed James Bond film No Time to Die had been pushed back again, and will now be released in April 2021. Before this crushing announcement, Bond was back in the cinematic news cycle as publicity for the 25th film in the […]Read More
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