Saturday, 5 April 2014

The Signal (2014)

Director: William Eubank

Cast: Sarah Clarke, Laurence Fishburne


In this Sci-fi a group of college students lured to the middle of the desert by a hacker.

Tom at the Farm (2013)

Directed: Xavier Dolan

Cast: Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal

In this French thriller a grieving man meets his lover's family who were not aware of their son's sexual orientation.

Wake in Fright (1971)

It is the 40th Anniversary of the Australian classic Wake in Fright which is being re-released in UK.

In Wake in Fright, John Grant, a teacher arrives in the rough Australian outback mining town planning to stay overnight before starting his holiday…

Directed: Ted Kotcheff

Cast: Donald Pleasance, Gary Bond, Jack Thompson

The Past (2013)

Directed: Asghar Farhadi

Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa


This French film is about an Iranian man who deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Four years later he returns after his wife seeks a divorce and has in the meantime begun a new relationship.

Finding Vivian Maier (2013)

Last year I discovered a book that contained photographs taken by Vivian Maier a nanny in the US. The photographs are stunning, but what made this intriguing was that the photos she had taken were never developed during her lifetime. She liked taking photos but never developed them.

Finding Vivian is a documentary on the nanny whose cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers. I can't wait to see this.

Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel.

The Trip to Italy (2014)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Cast: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan


I don't usually add trailers for TV shows but I really loved the first Trip series with Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan around the UK. This time they do a road trip around Italy. Here's a clip of what to expect…

The latest X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) trailer

A few months ago I posted a teaser for the latest instalment in the X-Men franchise. Here is the latest official trailer…