by Hannah Kane | Jan 19, 2015 | Culture
Greg Taylor is feeling mighty sore, but happy The mentor / pupil dynamic is the cornerstone of many a hoary filmic plot, as benign and charismatic teachers inspire their young charges to seize the day, defy the naysayers, strive for greatness and be all they can be....
by Hannah Kane | Dec 5, 2014 | Culture
The Battle of the Five Armies, 15, 134 mins Director: Peter Jackson Stars: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellan, Cate Blanchett ✮✮☆☆☆ Like butter scraped over too much bread, Sir Peter Jackson’s patience-testing second Middle Earth trilogy comes to its...
by Hannah Kane | Oct 7, 2014 | Culture
Though we’ve marvelled at Amma Assante’s Belle and fallen for Gia Copolla’s Palo Alto this year, with the London Film Festival hotting up, the world of cinema seems to be looking a little thin on the ground in terms of female trailblazers. In...
by Hannah Kane | Sep 16, 2014 | Culture
The annual Blisters: Sound Sessions poster show at Print Club London, a screen printing paradise nestled in the heart of Dalston, opened on Friday night and now that we’re over the initial excitement and have laid out our spoils ready for framing, we’re a...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 16, 2014 | Culture
1. 20,000 Days on Earth Directed by: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard Starring: Nick Cave, Ray Winstone, Kylie Minogue After the trailer for 20,000 Hours hit, many responded to Nick Cave’s on-screen intensity and zest by calling the film and its autobiographical...
by Hannah Kane | May 2, 2014 | Culture
Sundance Film Festival, brainchild of the original Sundance Kid and annual home to the greats of the independent film industry descended upon London as an idyllic and far-reaching cloud of revelry, enveloping everything in its fuzzy candyfloss folds. Sundance London...
by Hannah Kane | Apr 24, 2014 | Culture
The Sundance London film and music festival is the culmination of a grand collaboration between the Sundance Institute, its Academy Award-winning President, Robert Redford – best known as the suave and mysterious Jay Gatsby to an appreciative pre-Leo audience...
by Hannah Kane | Apr 8, 2014 | Culture
The Double Director: Richard Ayoade Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Chris O’Dowd Comedy – Drama – Thriller ★★★★★ Adapted from Dostoevsky’s 1846 novella The Double, Richard Ayoade’s latest film is a tour de force of surreally...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 28, 2014 | Culture
★★★★☆ In a Paris atelier in the autumn of 1957, a deft moment of improvisation by a young Yves Saint Laurent immediately transforms a model’s black dress. Christian Dior, looking on, approves of what a white sash can achieve. This is a scene from Jalil...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 21, 2014 | Culture
Despite the buzzing atmosphere at the inaugural screening of Eleanor, Alex Warren and Tobias Ross-Southall’s cinematic installation starring BAFTA nominee Ruth Wilson, Camden’s Cob Gallery filled with a palpable sense of loneliness. The beautifully shot...
