James Marsh

  • Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon and Steve Carell attempt to wring a few tears from this true-life story of cancer and lesbianism. Listen to my review Read More

  • Chris Evans’ directorial debut casts himself opposite Alice Eve in this lightweight Before Sunrise knock-off. Listen to my review Read More

  • In cross-cultural relationships, families and friends can let their own prejudices get in the way of romantic endeavours. Spanish Affair pits the Andalusians against the Basques when Rafa (Dani Rovira),… Read More

  • 24 years after Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze took to the waves in Kathryn Bigelow’s adrenaline-fuelled action thriller, Ericson Core revisits the story of a young FBI agent working undercover… Read More

  • Billed as the story that inspired Moby Dick, Ron Howard’s adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick’s National Book Award winner is a shamelessly old-fashioned sea-faring yarn recounting the true story of the… Read More

  • Considered by many to be the architect of wuxia cinema, King Hu was to martial arts was John Ford was to the western. Beginning with his 1966 Shaw Brothers adventure… Read More

  • Tamil cinema gets a rare outing in Hong Kong with this life-affirming story of two Chennai slum kids and their efforts to taste the exotic and seemingly unattainable pizza sold… Read More

  • Angelina Jolie writes, directs and stars opposite real-life hubby Brad Pitt in a strange, Antonioni-esque psycho-drama. Listen to my review Read More

  • Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy star in a decidedly reimagined take on Mary Shelley’s horror classic. Listen to my review Read More

  • While remaining committed to the horror genre, Nick Cheung’s second outing as director is a huge improvement on 2013’s Hungry Ghost Ritual. Read my review Read More

  • Xu Zheng follows up the success of his hit comedy Lost In Thailand by heading south for a spiritual, if not actual, sequel. Listen to my review Read More

  • The fourth and final instalment of the trend-setting dystopian YA adventure has a lot to live up to.  How does it fare? Listen to my review Read More

  • Winner of the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Christian Vincent’s dryly comic courtroom drama was selected as the opening film for the 44th… Read More

  • Finding your voice and staying true to yourself are the familiar adolescent adages given a visually rich, if emotionally clumsy, airing in this unabashedly good-natured animation from the team behind… Read More

  • Visually rich and episodic in nature, Miss Hokusai is a mature and elegantly told tale of a young woman struggling for artistic recognition in 19th century Japan. Read my review Read More

  • Eli Roth continues his streak of Chilean exploitation pics with this domestic slasher starring Keanu Reeves as a hapless family man caught home alone. Listen to my review Read More

  • Eli Roth ventures deep into the South American jungle for this predictably gruesome but surprisingly reverent homage to the grisly Italian cannibal flicks of yore. Listen to my review Read More

  • Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep star in this incredibly worthy dramatisation of the Votes For Women movement. Listen to my review Read More