Thor

In the movies, earth-shattering events always happen in the USA. In ET, an alien spacecraft…

Oscar-nominated short films screenings

The Encounters Short Film Festival is this weekend screening the 2011 Oscar-nominated short films at…

Submarine

Young love. It can be amazing. It can be terrible. It can be bloody confusing….

Norwegian Wood

You’re buggered if you do and you’re buggered if you don’t when adapting an extraordinarily…

Route Irish

Ken Loach is back to his uncompromising best with Route Irish, a painful look at…

Animal Kingdom

There’s a brilliant scene in The Wire, HBO’s drug-dealing drama series set in Baltimore, where…

Academy Awards 2011: predictions

The 83rd Academy Awards takes place in Los Angeles on Sunday evening. The battle for…

Marathon Boy

Directed by Bristol filmmaker Gemma Atwal, Marathon Boy is the story of Budhia Singh, who…

Never Let Me Go

First, let’s get the local aspects of Never Let Me Go out of the way….

Black Swan

Natalie Portman puts in the performance of her life in Black Swan, a film about…