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Film Review
3 Apr 2008
Son of Rambow
Growing up, retro style: Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc hail Garth Jennings' tale of friendship, innocence and fantasy
DVD Review
13 Feb 2008
Shinob
Bigger in Japan: Shenobi is an oriental, larger-than-life variation of the Romeo and Juliet romantic tragedy. Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell love it
DVD Review
10 Jan 2008
Sherrybaby
Sherry bomb: Maggie Gyllenhaal's must lauded performance as recovering addict Sherry Swanson is now available on DVD region 2.
Film Review
26 Jul 2007
SherryBaby
Sherry bomb: Maggie Gyllenhaal's latest indie effort is well-meant but too formulaic, says Boyd van Hoeij
DVD Review
31 Jan 2007
Satantango
The long-awaited DVD re-release of Satantango is a cause for celebrating a director whose work has been categorised as moody, minimalist and avant-garde, says Steven Yates
Film Review
30 Nov 2006
Shortbus
Post modern sleaze: Sandro Matosevic on John Cameron Mitchell's sexually explicit Shortbus
Film Review
14 Sep 2006
Snow Cake
Snow wonder: John Corick reviews the latest Sigourney Weaver-starred film vehicle, Snow Cake
Film Review
8 Sep 2006
Shanghai Dreams
Wang Xiaoushai's new film, Shanghai Dreams, mingles personal and social with impressive skill
Film Review
10 Aug 2006
Stormbreaker
Stormbreaker is a sugar-free James-Bond-a-like espionage movie with a schoolboy for a spy and you may very well be thoroughly entertained by it, says Edward Lamberti
Film Review
19 Jan 2006
Shopgirl
Antonio Pasolini salutes the grown-up Claire Danes
Film Review
12 Jan 2006
Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba)
Film Review
9 Nov 2005
Stoned
The world's been waiting for a Rolling Stones biopic that's fresh, irreverent and duly scandalous, with something genuinely of interest to say both about the Sixties and our own, sadly star-struck times. Christopher Sandford finds out whether Stoned is it
Film Review
12 Jul 2005
Sin City
After a string of limp, lacklustre comic book adaptations, we've finally got what we deserved - a film version of a graphic novel which actually resembles its source material. KJ Doughton wonders if Robert Rodriguez's new film might be his best yet
Film Review
11 Jan 2005
Sideways
Alexander Payne is one of the few directors working in mainstream Hollywood who seems able to translate intelligent filmmaking into critical success and popular appeal. Ian Haydn Smith applauds his latest movie
Film Retrospective
9 Nov 2004
Spoorloos (The Vanishing)
George Sluizer belongs to a select and infuriating band of directors - those who made a classic cult film for next-to-nothing, and then blew it all with a big-budget remake. Tim Applegate looks back at the original Vanishing
Film Review
5 Oct 2004
Super Size Me
It's the film that's been charged with trying to bring down a corporation, but Morgan Spurlock's dietary documentary started out as little more than a humble experiment. Calum Wadell reports on the film's rise to cinematic fame
Film Review
23 Aug 2004
Saints & Sinners
Continuing the documentary theme which seems to have emerged this week, Saints & Sinners (directed by British filmmaker Abigail Honor) explores the equally controversial issue of gay marriage. Tim Keane salutes its bravery
Film Review
19 Jul 2004
Spiderman 2
Sam Raimi's second instalment of the Spiderman story has been widely hailed as one of the best comic book adaptations ever, drawing praise from broadsheet newspapers and industry rags alike. Ian Haydn Smith applauds the best blockbuster of the summer
Film Review
8 Jul 2004
Shrek 2
The original Shrek was one of the most groundbreaking (and successful) animations of all time. Now the Dreamworks team are back with the second instalment - but has the magic worn off? Ben McCann finds out
Film Review
2 Jun 2004
Shattered Glass
We all know him best as the young Darth Vader, but Hayden Christensen is keen to prove he can cut it away from the blue screen. The true story of disgraced journalist Stephen Glass was not the film to choose, argues Bob Carroll
Film Review
25 May 2004
Shaun of the Dead
Created by the team behind the cult cine-literate TV series Spaced, this new British film is a zombie flick with a difference. It might not be a comedy classic, but Andy Murray thinks it's still worth investigating
Film Review
25 May 2004
Secret Window
Having already built up a reputation as one of Hollywood's top screenwriters, David Koepp has returned to the director's chair with this Stephen King adaptation, starring Johnny Depp. Tim Smedley wishes he'd stick to the typewriter
Film Review
23 Apr 2004
Spellbound DVD
The high tension world of the American school spelling bee is the subject of this much-lauded documentary by Jeff Blitz. After a hugely successful theatrical release, the DVD is set to hit our shelves soon. John Atkinson can't wait
Film Review
25 Mar 2004
Sunrise
The style of silent films can be difficult to engage with these days, but the great directors transcend the limitations of their time and remain relevant for a modern audience. Edward Lamberti looks back at a Murnau classic
Film Review
18 Mar 2004
Something's Gotta Give
Jack's back in this romantic tale of an ageing lothario who meets his match in headstrong Diane Keaton. Director Nancy Myers has pulled off this kind of tale twice before, but does that mean the formula is wearing thin? John Gorick doesn't think so
Film Review
23 Feb 2004
School of Rock
Having already made one classic high school movie - the immortal Dazed & Confused - Richard Linklater has returned to the genre in the company of everyone's favourite rotund comedy rocker, Jack Black. Deryck Swan salutes them both
Film Review
1 Feb 2004
Sylvia
It's been a bad week for the BBC. In the wake of the Hutton Report comes a fresh storm of controversy over their new film on the life of Sylvia Plath. Paul Clarke reviews the biopic nobody wanted made
Film Review
4 Nov 2003
Sixteen Years Of Alcohol
Richard Jobson started out life as a punk rocker, but subsequently reinvented himself as a poet, critic, writer and now a film director. Chris Wiegand thinks his debut feature "shows him as a force to be reckoned with"
Film Review
7 Oct 2003
Spellbound
Spellbound charts the fortunes of eight young hopefuls competing in the annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, and has garnered huge critical acclaim, as well as a nomination for best documentary at this year's Oscars. Paul Clarke reports
DVD Review
8 Jul 2003
Shiri
Recent events may have dulled Hollywood's passion for big bangs, but blockbuster action movies are as popular as ever in Asia. Bob Carroll gets to grips with a film policier, Korean-style
Film Review
23 Jun 2003
Sex is Comedy
Catherine Breillat's new film revisits a scene from a previous movie, and makes it into the subject of a fictional 'making-of' documentary. Edward Lamberti thinks it's a bit too clever for its own good
Film Review
28 May 2003
Secretary
Office romances may not have contributed much to the coffers of classic cinema - but Steven Shainberg's new film might be about to change all that. John Gorick applauds a twisted tale of sex, sado-masochism and secretarial skills
Film Review
2 May 2003
Springtime in a Small Town
DVD Review
13 Apr 2003
Sunset Boulevard
They just don't make 'em like this any more. Part horror, part Hollywood satire, Billy Wilder's classic tale of film and faded stardom has recently returned to cinemas in a new print, forty three years after its original release. Alex King reckons it's still way ahead of its time
DVD Review
7 Apr 2003
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Don't let the bastards grind you down...The bfi has just issued this classic of the British New Wave for the first time on DVD, along with The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Richard Armstrong finds out how it looks forty years on
Film Review
25 Feb 2003
Solaris
'What is Solaris?' asks the poster? Well, it's a US commercial and critical nosedive for Soderbergh and Clooney, but a success d'estime in Europe. Todd Harbour applauds one of the most intelligent American movies of the year
Film Review
24 Feb 2003
Sunrise
On show at the Berlin Film Festival was a restored print of Murnau's 1929 masterpiece, Sunrise. John Gorick luxuriated in the imagery of one of silent cinema's true greats
