The Duke – trailer
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
Rare Beasts trailer
Cinema and digital platform release date confirmed for Billie Piper’s Rare Beasts,
Parasite
A deservedly Oscar-lavished poetic tragi-comedy about wealth, greed and class discrimination. Laurence Green reviews.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
An enigmatic true original, Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a film that will dazzle and baffle in equal measure long after the final credits have rolled…
Pain and Glory
Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar’s latest creation, Pain and Glory, is a film with slow-burn soulfulness that etches itself on the mind. Laurence Green rev…
The Wild Pear Tree
A sobering, beautifully shot film of dashed hopes and inter-generational relationships (directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan) that implants itself on the mind. Lauren…
Journeyman
A bright sharp and moving drama starring Paddy Considine as a boxer piecing his life back together. Laurence Green reviews.
Paddington 2
Ben Wishaw returns as loveable bear from darkest Peru in Paddington 2.
Lion
Laurence Green reviews Lion, the heartbreaking and emotional film adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s memoir, A Long Way Home
Cosmos
Laurence Green review Andrzej Zulwaski’s bizarre blend of comedy and drama, Cosmos
Our Kind of Traitor
John Le Carre’s Our Kind of Traitor is adapted for the big screen in this engrossing tale money laudering and political corruption. Laurence Green review…
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Big-budget action blockbuster that heralds a new chapter in the DC comics superhero franchise.
Bridge of Spies
Tom Hanks warms up the Cold War in this taut true-life tale of political intrigue, espionage and spy exchanges, writes Laurence Green.
Walk in the Woods
Robert Redford and Nick Nolte go for ‘A Walk in the Woods’ in Ken Kwapis’ adaptation of Bill Bryson’s ‘road movie’ for ramb…
The Look of Silence
Laurence Green reviews Joshua Oppenheimer’s intimate, philosophical and utterly riveting documentary about Indonesia’s anti-communist purges of the…
La Maison de la Radio
Laurence Green savours an amusing and eccentric insight, laced with Gallic individuality, into the daily workings of the broadcaster Radio France
Jersey Boys DVD release
Clint Eastwood’s film adaptation of the hit musical, Jersey Boys, is released on DVD this week.
Last Vegas
Comedy road trip starring Hollywood veterans Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline
