Directors – Ali Catterall, Jane Giles – 2023 – UK – Cert. 18 – 96m ***** From 1978 to 1993, London’s Scala Cinema programmed everything from art house to sexploitation, ushering in the upcoming generation of anti-establishment musicians, filmmakers, and others – out in UK cinemas on Friday, January 5th Whatever the strengths of this […]
Director – Ali Ray – 2023 – UK – Cert. 12a – 90m ***** A look at one of the world’s favourite paintings, housed in Vienna’s Belvedere Museum, and the wider body of work of the artist who created it – out in UK cinemas on Monday, October 30th for one day only All lovers […]
Director – David Lynch – 1992 – US – Cert. 18 – 135 mins **** Movie prequel to Lynch’s Twin Peaks TV series. David Lynch appears early on in his Twin Peaks prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me as FBI chief Gordon Cole. The TV series’ ubiquitous Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is soon wandering […]
Director – Anton Corbijn – 2022 – UK – Cert. – 101m ***** The story of the visual creatives behind album sleeves, for Pink Floyd and others, who revolutionised the field from the late 1960s and through the 1970s – now out on Blu-ray/DVD combo and various streaming services plus BFI Player following its release […]
Director – David Bickerstaff – 2023 – UK – Cert. 15 – 90m ***** Japan generally and Tokyo specifically are viewed through that city’s art and photography – out in UK, Irish and worldwide cinemas on Tuesday, May 23rd The refreshing thing about this latest entry in producer Phil Grabsky’s excellent Exhibition On Screen series […]
Director – David Bickerstaff – 2023 – UK – Cert. PG – 90m **** A tour around the Rijksmuseum’s current, sold out Closer to Johannes Vermeer exhibition, with comments from museum staff members and an art critic – out in cinemas both in the UK and around the world from Tuesday, April 18th The latest […]
Director – Ali Ray – 2023 – UK – Cert. U – 93m ***** A look at an often overlooked member of the Impressionists, a US-born, female painter and printmaker who moved from Philadelphia to live in France – out in UK cinemas for one day only on Wednesday, March 8th (International Women’s Day) I […]
Director – Becky Hutner – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 100m ***** A fledgling designer appalled by her industry’s environmental record attempts to do fashion sustainably – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 3rd The title put me off before I even knew anything about this documentary. On further investigation, however, its […]
Director – Phil Grabsky – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 94m ***** The story of American painter Edward Hopper, and how his artistic career was facilitated by his fellow artist wife Jo – originally out in UK cinemas on Tuesday, October 18th 2022, now available on home video (see bottom of review) The […]
