When you look back on Liam Neeson’s long and certainly distinguished career – think The Bounty, A Prayer for The Dying and Schindler’s List among many – it’s amazing to think that there’s a whole new generation of movie-goers who now think of him exclusively as an action star.  What a strange business. As the […]

  It matters little whether you have an interest in art or not.  Tim’s Vermeer, the new documentary from the performer Teller – he’s the non-verbal half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller – is simply fascinating. All you need to know going in are the names of two people; Johannes Vermeer, the […]

  The new, animated historical adventure from 72 year-old Japanese film director and Manga artist, Hayao Miyazaki, is also said to be his last, plus it arrives not without some controversy.  The film is a fantasy account of real life aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi, and there have been objections from certain critics stating that the […]

  What was described as a new drama from Palestine turns out to be a surprisingly gripping thriller that begins with a startling image.  The film is called Omar and what we see is a young man climbing the separation wall between Israel and Palestine.  At first it’s not obvious what he’s doing or why, […]

  In the world of French screenwriter Luc Besson, Paris is a fantasy city populated by hit men, sexy, secret undercover agents that can be seen from miles away, and really nasty bad guys with an endless supply of thug-like bodyguards whose real reason for being is not so much to protect their employer but […]