The Way I See It
The shipyard painter, political activist and razor-sharp cartoonist Bob Starrett has just written a new book The Way I See It on his eventful life and times. Below we reprint one of his stories and review an essential read
La Boheme
ENO's production of La Boheme is a triumph,
Film
A Late Quartet (15)
Thursday 04 April 2013
Disappointed by the latest anodyne US art-house offering
Finding Nemo (U)
Friday 29 March 2013
Finding Nemo is the latest animation to be given the 3D treatment and it certainly doesn't add anything to the delightful award-winning film.
GI Joe: Retaliation (12A)
Friday 29 March 2013
I'd say 12 rather than 12A is the ideal age to appreciate this tuned-to-box-office-perfection load of explosions, action and plastic acting.
King Of The Travellers (15)
Friday 29 March 2013
Mark O'Conner's ambitious film was produced and written by Irish traveller Michael Collins and features a cast drawn from the travelling community to provide a sense of authenticity.
In The House (15)
Friday 29 March 2013
The lines between reality and fantasy are cleverly and purposely blurred in this imaginative and rather seductive thriller about the power of the written word.
We Went To War (PG)
Friday 29 March 2013
Following on from his 1970 film I Was A Soldier, British film-maker Michael Grigsby returned to Texas to see what happened to the three veterans of the Vietnam conflict, especially given the continued war on the world by the US.
Trance (15)
Friday 29 March 2013
Recommended: Danny Boyle's art heist feature which makes its mark as a gritty thriller
Compliance
Thursday 21 March 2013
Compliance has reportedly sparked mass walkouts at numerous festival screenings including at the London Film Festival and if it hadn't been based on bizarre real-life events I probably would have walked out too.
Identity Thief (15)
Thursday 21 March 2013
This is a film which suffers from its own identity crisis as it can't decide whether it is a comedy drama or a goofy comedy.