Babylon (18) |Close-Up Film Review
Babylon covers the early days of Hollywood from the silent film era through to the changes brought about by the “talkies.”
Read MoreBabylon covers the early days of Hollywood from the silent film era through to the changes brought about by the “talkies.”
Read MoreRising young fashion designer Amy Powney is on a mission – an unusual one for the fashion industry which, we learn from director Becky Hutner’s informative and thought provoking documentary, is the fourth largest contributor to climate change in Europe after food, housing and transportation.
Read MoreDirector Matthew Warchus’s award winning stage production of Matilda the Musical has been packing ‘em in since it opened in 2010. So not surprisingly the producers behind the film version have decided to put that too into Warchus’s skilled hands.
Read MoreOn the threshold of the “cruellest month”, embrace your inner long winter with this brooding and immersive horror tale, which comes with a side of strange absurdist humour.
Read MoreDreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel, more or less, opens with a quote from Patti Smith. She says, “I’ve always liked to be where the big guys were”.
Read MoreThis film version of the story of the wooden puppet who longs to be a real boy is very different from the Disney one. This is after all del Toro, whose dark imagination gave us Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.
Read MoreDespite her avowed enthusiasm for the subject, Australian actress France O’Connor’s directorial debut feature film about her heroine Emily (Bronte) is disappointing.
Read MoreGovernment agent James Preble (Kentucker Audley) travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora (Penny Fuller), an eccentric, ageing artist.
Read MorePenelope Cruz – tick, Antonio Banderas – tick, Oscar Martinez – tick. And Banderas and Cruz together with that special chemistry on full power, is just wonderful!
Read MoreJavier Bardem brings a super slimy persona to director Fernando Leon de Aronoa‘s satire, The Good Boss. Bardem plays Julio Blanco who gives out the air of caring for his workers and referring to them as his family.
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