Frankie is part of the war-machine, a successful aerospace engineer designing drones for the military. Then she meets Kahil, a French-Algerian student. They embark on a passionate affair and for the first time in her life Frankie utterly, thrillingly, loses control. One morning at work, she’s detained by the security
Tom Courtenay delivers a star-making turn as William Terrence Fisher (‘Billy Liar’) in one of the most memorable and universally acclaimed films of the 60s. Running from an unsympathetic working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancées and an insecure job at an undertakers, Billy escapes, Walter Mitty-like, into a world of
There might still be a chill in the air, but the Spring Equinox is here for 2013. Dawn celebrations at Stonehenge this year have an unusual addition: a giant monument for The Croods! The Spring Solstice or ‘Vernal Equinox’ recognises the first day of spring and each year sees druids and
There are two kinds of movies in this world: ones that stink and ones that don’t. Well, that’s not entirely true, but it is one of the quirky dialogue inclusions, amongst others, in low-budget, ambition driven Gettin’ Some. Directed by Luther Bhogal-Jones, this inspired feature took an unbelievable 14 years to
The value of a great scene is lost on most films. It seems a bizarre thing to say but watching as many as I do, you'd be amazed how set-pieces and moments of flair can be sacrificed for the all-consuming monolith of story. We've got to get to the next
