Of Gods and Men
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead To stay or not to stay? That is the question at the centre of slow-burn, immersive drama Of Gods and … Read more
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Birth and rebirth
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead The Maid (La Nana), which just opened, is one of those films you could watch as straight drama or … Read more
Dancing out of China
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead One of the trickiest aspects of creating drama about a celebrated artist’s life is finding an actor who can … Read more
Performances redeem Tolstoy’s story
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead As costume dramas go, The Last Station is perfunctory and sags in the middle. Set in the last year of Leo … Read more
What lies beneath
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead Austrian auteur Michael Haneke’s brand of filmmaking has been aptly described as “Hitchcock without the melodrama.” He also avoids … Read more