DVD Review: The Search For Weng Weng
In documentary cinema, it’s not unusual to find that life is stranger than fiction. Some stories would be considered unrealistic were they to be the plot of a narrative film.…
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Incoming: La Maison de la Radio
Renowned French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert (Etre et Avoir, Nenette) journeys into the heart of Radio France to discover what usually escapes our gaze: the mysteries, personalities and everyday oddities of…
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Film Season Preview: Eye Openers
The Showroom Cinema has teamed up with Now Then Magazine to bring you Eye Openers. They’ve handpicked a selection of films which will stimulate and instigate debate. There’s an impressive…
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Incoming: Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth is a searing story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain which became the classic testimony of that war…
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DVD Review: Two For The Road (Masters of Cinema)
Two of the most iconic actors of the 1950s and 1960s were Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. Whilst Hepburn is synonymous with the glamour of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday…
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DVD Review: The Lady Vanishes & The Man Who Knew Too Much
Alfred Hitchcock is universally accepted as one of the greatest film makers of all time. Whilst most of his best-known work comes from his Hollywood years, “The Master of Suspense”…
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Incoming: Whiplash
A gifted young jazz drummer attends one of the best music schools in the country, falling under the tutelage of the school’s fearsome maestro. Whiplash won both the Grand Jury…
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Incoming: Point and Shoot
In February, 2011, 32-year old Matthew VanDyke left home in Baltimore and set off for Libya to help rebels overthrow the country’s dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one…
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DVD Review: Obvious Child
There are very few opportunities in feature films for female actors to play lead roles. Last year, there were some great films who had an actress as the main protagonist.…
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Incoming: American Sniper
From director Clint Eastwood comes “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. But there was much more to him than his…
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