Reviews - Films
March 19, 2009 The importance of being Ernesto: Che: Part One & Part Two - Steven Soderbergh Brendan Simms
March 06, 2009 Brendan Simms on Israel's first "Vietnam" film: Waltz With Bashir - Ari Folman Brendan Simms
March 06, 2009 Richard D. North asks, do liberal Israeli film-makers have much to tell us about the Middle East's conflicts? Waltz With Bashir - Ari Folman; The Lemon Tree - Eran Riklis Richard D. North
February 27, 2009 How historically accurate is Valkyrie? Brendan Simms on Valkyrie - Bryan Singer Brendan Simms
December 17, 2008 The reviewers are wrong, Quantum of Solace works well as a Bond film, argues Jeremy Black: The Quantum of Solace - Marc Forster Jeremy Black
April 08, 2008 Despite its politics and its propaganda, Under The Bombs is a great movie, says Richard D. North: Under the Bombs - Philippe Aractingi Richard D. North
March 12, 2008 Richard D. North on a great film with little shouting, no sex and not a lot happening: In Memory Of Me - Saverio Costanzo Richard D. North
February 07, 2008 Richard D. North on two masterful - and over-long - films about betrayal: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Andrew Dominik; Lust, Caution - Ang Lee Richard D. North
February 06, 2008 Richard D. North asks, what do Charlie Wilson's War and The Kite Runner tell us about Afghanistan?: Charlie Wilson's War - Mike Nichols; The Kite Runner - Marc Forster Richard D. North
December 19, 2007 Denzel Washington can't do noir, says Richard D. North: American Gangster - Ridley Scott Richard D. North
November 30, 2007 Elizabeth - more New Age than golden: Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Shekhar Kapur Richard D. North
November 26, 2007 Michael Moore seems to be saying that the audience he wants is too stupid or nasty to be taken seriously, argues Richard D. North: Sicko - Michael Moore; Manufacturing Dissent - Rick Caine and Debbie Melnyk Richard D. North
November 20, 2007 Richard D. North asks, could Chris McCandless, a.k.a. Alex Supertramp, have made a good monk? Into the Wild - Sean Penn Richard D. North
November 19, 2007 After seeing Control Richard D. North still wonders why Ian Curtis killed himself: Control - Anton Corbijn Richard D. North
October 04, 2007 David Womersley asks, are writers moral? And can films adequately deal with this question? Ian McEwan's Atonement - Joe Wright David Womersley
October 02, 2007 The Bourne thrillers indict the West for a multitude of sins - but they only prove that a dominant Western motive remains the quest for a fast buck, argues David Womersley: The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass David Womersley
May 18, 2007 The Last King of Scotland reminds Christie Davies of his youthful visit to pre-Amin Uganda to research the racist persecution of the Asians and his even earlier reflections on the strange appearance and manners of the natives of Caledonia Christie Davies
April 02, 2007 As Becoming Jane shows once again, Jane Austen must be one of the most misunderstood novelists in the history of English literature - argues Lilian Pizzichini Lilian Pizzichini
March 30, 2007 In 300 the Spartans are presented as defenders of the West, yet it is the Persians who exemplify Western values in the film, argues David Womersley: 300 - Zack Snyder David Womersley
March 27, 2007 How well does film explore Britishness? Lilian Pizzichini goes to the British Film Institutes Mediatheque Lilian Pizzichini
March 21, 2007 Christie Davies is moved by Pierrepoint and gives us his reflections on hanging: Pierrepoint/ The Last Hangman - Adrian Shergold Christie Davies
March 12, 2007 If Becoming Jane did not purport to be about Jane Austen it would be an engaging film - as it is, it is breathtakingly stupid, argues David Womersley: Becoming Jane - Julian Jarrold David Womersley
March 09, 2007 Being a fly on the monastery enclosure wall: Into Great Silence - Philip Gröning Richard D. North
February 19, 2007 In Notes on a Scandal much the least sympathetic figure is the headmaster, finds David Womersley: Notes on a Scandal - Richard Eyre David Womersley
January 23, 2007 The Last King of Scotland is not really telling it like it was, argues A S H Smyth: The Last King of Scotland - Giles Foden; The Last King of Scotland - Kevin Macdonald A S H Smyth
January 18, 2007 A fantasy flick for people who hate fantasy: Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro Richard D. North
January 10, 2007 Film-making by numbers aimed at the Japanese market: Miss Potter - Chris Noonan David Womersley
January 09, 2007 Casino Royale is the most thought-provoking, and most thoughtful, Bond film since Dr No, argues David Womersley: Casino Royale - Martin Campbell David Womersley
January 09, 2007 Is Daniel Craig a convincing Bond? Noted Bond-watcher Jeremy Black offers his judgement: Casino Royale - Martin Campbell Jeremy Black
November 13, 2006 David Womersley argues that Marie Antoinette testifies to the advanced necrosis of a corrupt nepotism - but one to be found in today's Hollywood, not late eighteenth-century France: Marie Antoinette - Sofia Coppola David Womersley
November 01, 2006 Marie Antoinette - anything but the people's princess: Marie Antoinette - Sofia Coppola A S H Smyth
October 25, 2006 The Departed isn't about anything yet Scorsese shows he has more cinematic verve than any film maker alive, argues Christopher Peachment: The Departed - Martin Scorsese Christopher Peachment
September 27, 2006 What happens when you give a terrible director an extremely difficult job? You get a truly appalling film: The Black Dahlia - Brian De Palma Christopher Peachment
August 30, 2006 Stills are to movies what the alphabet is to a novel - or so Christopher Peachment concludes after viewing an exhibition of stills from Antonioni's Blow-Up at The Photographers' Gallery Christopher Peachment
August 25, 2006 Christopher Peachment argues that the critics are wrong about Miami Vice - no one in Hollywood makes better films these days than its Director, Michael Mann: Miami Vice - Michael Mann Christopher Peachment
August 09, 2006 Terrorists or freedom fighters? Ken Loach and "the good old IRA" - John Bew takes to task Ken Loach's slanted history: The Wind that Shakes the Barley - Ken Loach John Bew
July 08, 2006 Richard D. North thinks that Richard E. Grant may have come out with a Great British Film: Wah-Wah - Richard E. Grant Richard D. North
June 20, 2006 Richard D. North - himself no stranger to defending unpopular causes - asks, how good a portrayal of those who defend the "indefensibles" is Thank You for Smoking? Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman Richard D. North
June 14, 2006 Christopher Peachment asks, as United 93 is a piece of myth-making, why can't we have heroes in the John Wayne or Errol Flynn mould? United 93 - Paul Greengrass Christopher Peachment
June 09, 2006 Richard D. North asks, anti-corporate films may be misguided, but do they do much harm to anyone? Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price - Robert Greenwald Richard D. North
June 06, 2006 Jennifer Aniston fails to find a great post-Friends vehicle: Friends With Money - Nicole Holofcener Richard D. North
June 02, 2006 Heady energy and unintentional humour in telling the story of the New York Cosmos: Once in a Lifetime - Paul Crowder & John Dower Seamus Sweeney
March 15, 2006 Good Night and Good Luck claims to be a film about the good that TV can do, yet it does no better than Hollywood and TV usually does: Good Night and Good Luck - George Clooney Richard D. North
March 01, 2006 A snuff movie (almost) with grizzly bears: Grizzly Man - Werner Herzog Richard D. North
February 22, 2006 Give us a real adaptation of Tristram Shandy rather than another film about film-making: A Cock and Bull Story - Michael Winterbottom Seamus Sweeney
February 16, 2006 How fair is Jarhead to US marines? Richard D. North compares the film with his own experiences of reporting the first Gulf War: Jarhead - Sam Mendes Richard D. North
February 06, 2006 Julian Fellowes and class on screen: Richard D. North asks, why are British screen portrayals of class stuck in the 1950s? Richard D. North