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Badlands

The first Terrence Malick film I ever saw, when Alex Cox showcased it way back in the early 1990s on BBC2’s Moviedrome series, this remians the director’s most linear, narratively… Read More
Drive

My favourite American film of 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn’s achingly stylish noir is one of the coolest film in recent memory, features a brilliant Ryan Gosling performance, ably supported by… Read More
Woody Allen: A Documentary

While there is a 113-minute theatrical version of Robert B. Weide’s film available, all discerning fans of Woody Allen should do their upmost to seek out the full fascinating 195-minute… Read More
This is 40

The latest comedy from Judd Apatow is a “sort-of” sequel to Knocked Up, discarding Seth Rogen and Kathering Heigl’s characters in favour of supporting couple, Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie… Read More
The Searchers

Some of you may remember that I watched this as recently as January, in preparation for a feature I was writing for the Hong Kong Film Archive. Well, now the… Read More
Jurassic Park

What better way to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of one of the best summer blockbusters of…umm…the last 20 years, than by re-releasing it on the big screen for a whole… Read More
Jackie Brown

I recently discovered that my girlfriend hadn’t seen any Quentin Tarantino films (with the exception of Pulp Fiction, which I’m pretty sure everyone of our generation has seen) and so… Read More
The Incredibles

It’s not just the superhero angle that makes Brad Bird’s Oscar-winning Pixar hit of 2004 so eminently re-watchable, it’s just a damn well written and animated film. From the character… Read More
Heaven’s Gate

Another of the grand restored classics to play at this year’s HKIFF was the fully restored 216-minute version of Michael Cimino’s calamitous Western. This was not the first time I… Read More
On The Waterfront

A true masterpiece of American Cinema, accompanied by one of the greatest screen performances of all time, Marlon Brando would never be better than he is here, as boxer turned… Read More
The One

For some reason I had been under the impression that this sci-fi actioner, teaming Jet Li with Jason Statham, was good. But it isn’t, not at all. It’s cheap, uninteresting,… Read More
The Croods

From the creative team behind How To Train Your Dragon comes this prehistoric animated comedy, originally conceived as a project for Aardman Animation, with an original script by John Cleese. Read More
Oz the Great and Powerful

Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-man) re-teams with James Franco for this big budget prequel to the classic MGM musical, dispensing with the songs but layering on the lurid 3D… Read More
REVIEW: Oz the Great and Powerful

Sam Raimi’s spiritual prequel to MGM’s 1939 evergreen classic, The Wizard of Oz, is an incredibly mixed bag, that shows a degree of visual flourish and fun for younger viewers,… Read More
Southern Comfort

I first came to this film during my university days, in the wake of John Boorman’s Deliverance – a film I love to this day. I knew Walter Hill from… Read More
Witness For The Prosecution

The final film in the Hong Kong Film Archive’s short series honouring the cinematic collaboration between Billy Wilder and Marlene Dietrich, is this masterclass in courtroom drama and wry British… Read More
REVIEW: Jack the Giant Slayer

I am in serious danger of over-hyping Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer, for the simple reason that I thought it was going to be rubbish, and it really isn’t.… Read More
Jack the Giant Slayer

Bryan Singer’s big screen update of the classic fairytale proves a surprisingly fun slice of old fashioned escapism. Read my full review here Read More