Arts & Entertainment Reviews

Andy Hayler is a facebook friend of mine, though I admit I've never met him. I'm not sure when we first connected online, nor who first sent the friend request. What I do know is that Andy and I connected over our common interests, our love of foo…

...the film does a beautiful job of folding her embattled lyrics and boozy neo-Billie Holiday voice through the events of her life, weaving threads that reconcile Winehouse the artist and Winehouse the public mess.

The Duke of Burgundy is probably one of the most beautiful films you will see this year, and has some amazing performances, but overall it’s lacking.

As Women He’s Undressed, the new documentary directed by Australian film luminary Gillian Armstrong, reveals, you can be still revered without being a household name.

Unlike many of his peers, indie filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s long career has never produced a big breakthrough moment.

If this were an American film, we would be calling it “Oscar-bait” but you get the sense that the people behind this film had no designs as grand as that.

It’s remarkable how well this story holds up more than a century after it was written.

The revisionist Western is a small but devastating film, full of finely drawn characters, powerful irony and a haunting evocation of America in its youth.

On Simple Songs it’s very much a case of having one eye on a wryly lyrical pop song whilst the other is on a big studio sound.

When it comes to seeing this Big Action Movie, you should check your expectations at the door, because it’s nowhere near as dumb as you might think.