Film Review: MUSE OF FIRE
MUSE OF FIRE is an original and inspiring documentary that will change the way you think of Shakespeare From the RSC’s productions of Henry V and Othello to Kenneth Branagh’s The Winter’s Tale and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, I’ve certainly enjoyed my fair share of the Bard this year. In the past 12 months, I have been lucky […]
BFI #LFF 2015: BLACK MASS Review
One film causing a stir at the 59th BFI London Film Festival is BLACK MASS, an American crime drama directed by Scott Cooper. Based on the best-selling 2001 book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, BLACK MASS tells the true story of James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp), the brother of a state senator Billy Bulger […]
Sunday Shakespeare: Hamlet on Film
Donna Kelly takes a look back at five of the most famous adaptions of Hamlet on film With Benedict Cumberbatch currently treading the boards as the Danish prince at the Barbican, the word on everyone's lips at the moment is Hamlet. William Shakespeare's tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in medieval Denmark is arguably […]
Film Review: The Imitation Game
Benedict Cumberbatch brings British mathematician Alan Turing to life in The Imitation Game 60 years after his tragic death in 1954, codebreaker Alan Turing’s extraordinary story is finally being told to the world in The Imitation Game, a stunning new historical thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kiera Knightey. To coincide with its European premiere at […]