In Secret trailer: sex, corsets, and murder
Ooo, juicy! And with Oscar Isaac! Yum.
Amsterdam photo of the day: Lenin hanging out with Gollum
At least I assume that’s what’s going on with this statue bunged onto the side of a building.
Stalingrad review: life among the ruins
Russia’s first 3D IMAX spectacle is visually intense, but I never warmed to a story meant to be about human resilience.
A New York Winter’s Tale (aka Winter’s Tale) review: cold in the city
A leaden, charmless movie that is unable to commit to its own fantasy. So implausible that even Colin Farrell’s own Irish accent sounds fake.
I wrote a thing for Indiewire…
…about British film.
subscription drive update and testimonial from reader and subscriber Marc
This is hugely disappointing, obviously. Clearly I cannot expect another 39 subscribers to sign up every day for the rest of the month. Or can I?
behold the power of movies to bring down dictators
There’s no such thing as “just a movie.”
Doctor Who thing: what would the Doctor eat?
Fan and chef Chris-Rachael Oseland has created recipes worthy of a Time Lord in Dining with the Doctor: The Unauthorized Whovian Cookbook
Honour trailer: what is honour, anyway?
Paddy Considine is always amazing. And this story is pretty daring…
Amsterdam photo of the day: the view from my window
From a flat near Spui Square.
