Category Archives: Film

Not, strictly, a new release, but to the best of my knowledge this latest offering from Bright Blue Gorilla hasn’t had a release in the UK. In fact, if I’m being honest, I’m not sure how – or even if – they reach an audience outside of their wide circle of friends and collaborators. AndContinue reading “36 Husbands”

Newly restored on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital by StudioCanal StudioCanal continue their fine work in movie restoration with this 80s horror from Psycho II director Richard Franklin. I confess I was very much looking forward to seeing this – I hadn’t seen it since its original release in 1986 – and admired it for theContinue reading “Link”

While the title might conjure up images of romance, this is a film that provides a considerably less shiny, sparkly vision of the city. A much more realistic depiction, though, for many in these times when the gap between rich and poor becomes steadily more pronounced. Claus Drexel presents the world of the homeless andContinue reading “Under the Stars of Paris French Film Festival at Home”

The Centre for the Moving Image (CMI), the body behind Edinburgh’s well-loved arthouse cinema that inhabits the 190-year-old listed church building on Lothian Road, the Filmhouse, has submitted a full Planning Application to the City of Edinburgh Council for their proposed New Filmhouse.  The proposed design, by Richard Murphy Architects, follows a 4 month longContinue reading “Planning Application Submitted to Edinburgh Council for Proposed New Filmhouse”

An accomplished debut feature from filmmaker Kamir Ainouz, with a terrific central performance from 17 year old Zoe Adjani opens up the world as experienced by a teenage girl who, as if coping with impending adulthood is not enough, has to deal with the demands of both French and Algerian cultures. Set in 1993 Paris,Continue reading “Cigar au Miel (Honey Cigar) French Film Festival at Home”

StudioCanal release on 23rd November StudioCanal make it a magnificent hat trick of releases this week with this superb restoration of Nanni Moretti’s Palme d’Or winning story of grief and bereavement. For me, this is one of the most outstanding films of the first twenty years of this century, one that will always feature inContinue reading “The Son’s Room New Restoration on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital”

StudioCanal release on 23rd November In the unlikely event that I will be deemed good enough to enter heaven, I will spend my time there running an arts centre comprising a concert hall, cinema and a bar well stocked with real ales and good wines. And, as programmer of events, I will ensure that thereContinue reading “Le Cercle Rouge New Restoration on 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital”

Felicità, the latest film from French director and writer Bruno Merle, takes its title from the ‘80s Italian song of the same name. In the opening scene Tim (Pio Marmaï) and Chloe (Camille Rutherford) have a conversation with their 10 year old daughter Tommy (Rita Merle) in a roadside café. When she removes her ubiquitousContinue reading “Felicità French Film Festival at Home”

I have to confess this film has left me somewhat puzzled. Not in the least as to how Juliette Binoche came to be starring in what feels at times like a French Carry On Emancipating. Paulette van der Beck (Binoche) and husband Robert (François Berléand) run a school of good housekeeping in Alsace in theContinue reading “La Bonne Epouse (How to Be a Good Wife) French Film Festival at Home”

Release date 23rd November 2020 Welcome additions to StudioCanal’s Vintage World Cinema Collection are two of Italian film maker Nanni Moretti’s most outstanding movies. Restored with all the care and precision that we have come to expect from StudioCanal and available on Blu-Ray for the first time, they serve to remind, if reminders are needed,Continue reading “Aprile New Restoration (DVD, Blu-Ray & Digital)”