Focus on Punk
It is an often overlooked fact that punk and the do-it-yourself mentality went beyond just music to encompass publishing, clothes and of course film.UK... read more...
The Science of Sleep
In The Science Of Sleep, Stéphane hosts a talkshow in his dreams which is filmed on a cardboard set inside his head with windows that look out of his... read more...
Half Nelson
Oh Captain my Captain! There are no victims in this classroom!Everyone complains about Hollywood’s love of remakes, but no one bats an eyelid at the... read more...
VICE Guide to Travel
According to Ernie Dingo and the Northern Territory tourism board,‘You’ll never never know, if you never never go’. It’s catchy. We’llprobably... read more...
Paris, je t'aime
Anthologies work because they’re so soothing for those with short attention spans. If you don’t like one chunk? Wait a few minutes, andyou’ll... read more...
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
One of the many confusing aspects of the current hype around the movie 300is its rating: “CONTAINS COMPUTER-GENERATED VIOLENCE”. Hasclassification... read more...
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
One of the many confusing aspects of the current hype around the movie 300 is its rating: “CONTAINS COMPUTER-GENERATED VIOLENCE”. Has classification... read more...
300
Frank Miller’s vaguely-historical comic of 300 Spartans fighting an entire Persian army in 480 BC is so swift and brutal that it’s almost... read more...
The Lives Of Others
Cinema and surveillance go hand in hand. In fact, someone really needs to put together a Surveillance Film Festival: Coppola’s The Conversation, Tony... read more...
The Host
Let’s talk Godzilla. Not the one who fought Ferris Bueller in the US remake, or the one from the Saturday morning cartoon – with his oh-so-adorable... read more...
The Beales Of Grey Gardens (1976)
Every fashion designer is familiar with, and more often than not inspired by, Little Edie Beale’s incredible outfits or as she would say “revolutionary... read more...
The Illusionist
You can’t talk about Neil Burger’s The Illusionist without talking about The Prestige. Both are recent films about stage magicians, defending their... read more...
Antenna UK 04
The desperation of watching music videos on Rage at 3am can be an intensely private experience. Waiting for one more good song before you go to bed. Okay,... read more...
The Notorious Bettie Page
This biopic traces Bettie Page’s life through religious childhood, bondage and fetish modelling, her 1955 Playboy centrefold and being targeted by a... read more...
Cashback
Gifted Brit Sean Ellis successfully expands his 2004 oscar-nominated short into a playful indie feature. Art student Ben Willis fights an insomnia-inducing... read more...
Freeway (1996)
Before Hollywood romances and biopics made her respectable, Reece Witherspoon was Vanessa: a violent, white-trash Little Red Riding Hood who prays that... read more...
Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai
There’s a scene in Ghost Dog where the hero walks straight through a group of people and no one sees him. With no special effects, you’re completely... read more...
For Your Consideration
When Christopher Guest – writer of ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ and ‘Waiting For Guffman’ -releases a new film, you can’t... read more...
Marie Antoinette
Oh Sophia… I feel like we have broken up. And it has got nothing todo with that guy from Phoenix either. You sucked me in with your soft cinematic... read more...
Rooftop Cinema
Expectation is sometimes said to be disappointment in disguise but in the case of Rooftop Cinema we think that you won’t be wearing anything but... read more...
Dario Argento films
Ok, so we all know that horror movies are cool, have always been cool and will remain cool till the end of time… Why? We don’t know, but it’s... read more...
Pan’s Labyrinth
Back when we actually were kids and not just pretending to be, escapism took the form of movies and books as opposed to beer, while darkness and excitement... read more...
Shortbus
While the film’s tag ‘The place where everyone comes together’ sounds like the call of a bad teen romper, John Cameron Mitchell’s... read more...
Hola Mexico Film Festival
It might come as a surprise to some of the OC generation, but there’s more to Mexico than Spring Break and ‘The Real Cancun’. Facts: 1. Mexico... read more...