I’m Not There
This is a biopic of musician Bob Dylan that takes us from his youth as a black child, to his early adulthood, his time as a woman, and his later […]
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Sophie’s Choice
Sophie (Meryl Streep) is a Polish immigrant to New York in a volatile romance with biologist Nathan (Kevin Kline). When they meet young writer Stingo (Peter MacNicol) the three grow […]
The Verdict
Paul Newman plays a down-and-out lawyer who spends his days drinking himself to death, until he’s thrown a lifeline with a seemingly cut-and-dry medical case. But before he can get […]
Good
Viggo Mortensen plays Halder, an author and intellectual who is drawn into the Nazi party after his views on euthanasia are appropriated by the fascists. Mortensen here once again proves […]
On iPlayer: The Devil’s Double
One of the many things Saddam Hussein was known for was his use of body doubles, some of whom he reportedly made have plastic surgery to more closely resemble him. […]
Synecdoche, New York
A struggling New York playwright, Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is given a massive grant which he uses to create the most elaborate play ever imagined, incorporating his own life, and […]
The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Lancaster Dodd, who is to L Ron Hubbard as Charles Foster Kane is to William Randolph Hearst, as Hynkel is to Hitler, or as The Emperor […]
Her
In this romantic sci-fi, Jouaquin Phoenix plays Theadore, a man who writes other people’s heartfelt letters for a living. As he struggles to fill the void left by his divorce, […]
Melancholia
It’s Justine’s (Kirsten Dunst) wedding day at a remote country house, but she’s feeling uneasy and the situation rapidly goes pear shaped. Her sister, Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), tries to pull […]
Slaughterhouse-Five
This is not a horror film, much to the confusion of the staff at my local HMV, who put it in the horror section presumably based on the title alone. […]
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