FILM OF THE WEEK I chose this week’s Film of the Week, Young Ahmed by the Dardenne brothers, before the news of the killing of the Tory MP. It couldn’t be more topical or apposite. The review is here. World Cinema Sunday (17/10)         01:10     BBC2             … [continues]

Film of the Week Our real film of the week is The Mother (2003), starring Anne Reid and Daniel Craig. Here’s the write-up. I’m also intrigued, however, by The Special Relationship (2010), the third in the loose trilogy the British screenwriter Peter Morgan wrote about Tony Blair. This BBC/HBO film follows The Deal (2003) and… [continues]

FILM OF THE WEEK By Steve Sasanow The Graduate (1967) It would be quite difficult to over-estimate the social, cultural, cinematic and musical influence of this film. Its take on the American dream, its sexual audacity, its time-frame in American history, its use of contemporary music, all make it one of the most significant films of… [continues]

FILM OF THE WEEK By John Morrish In the early hours of tonight (in other words, Saturday 4/9) at 00:05, BBC2 has The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019). It’s really excellent.  Zak, a 22-year-old man with Down’s Syndrome, has been placed in an old people’s home in rural Carolina by the state authorities. A rebellious old man helps him… [continues]

World Cinema FILM OF THE WEEK By Sim Fox On Friday (3/9) at 01:35, Film4 is showing Force Majeure (2014), overlooked by Cheltenham Film Society in 2015. Tomas and Ebba are a well-heeled Scandinavian couple on a skiing holiday in the Alps with their two young children. Faced with a supposedly controlled avalanche that looks like… [continues]