Christophe Wagner Interview
Director Christophe Wagner was at the Cambridge Film Festival to show his new film, DOUDEGE WÉNKEL (BLIND SPOT) – Jim Ross spoke to him about the film and the film industry in Luxembourg, his native country.
Director Christophe Wagner was at the Cambridge Film Festival to show his new film, DOUDEGE WÉNKEL (BLIND SPOT) – Jim Ross spoke to him about the film and the film industry in Luxembourg, his native country.
Jim Ross reviews the short films playing in the strand TO CELEBRATE – CALLUM, THE WAY THE LAMP SWINGS, BLACK DUST, DYLAN’S ROOM, DAYS OF AWE and LINE 102.
Anthony Davis reviews this showcase of Bruce Lacey’s work, curated and introduced by William Fowler. An interview with William Fowler will follow soon.
The gripping psychological thriller MARNIE is most likely one of Hitchcock’s lesser appreciated films, as it misses most of the visual horror and obvious suspense of THE BIRDS or VERTIGO. Maria Sell reviews.
Arranged and funded by The Doors, and shot on just five cameras, THE DOORS: LIVE AT THE BOWL ’68 is the only full live recording of the concert. Liam Jack reviews the CFF screening.
A quietly dramatic series of chamber vignettes, the measured rhythm of BARCELONA (UN MAPA) will gradually draw you in, writes Jim Ross
Hitchcock’s other great horror masterpiece, THE BIRDS remains an extraordinarily effective exercise in apocalyptic terror, writes Gavin Midgley.
This slice of film geek nirvana charts the attempts to restore a colour version of Georges Méliès’ A TRIP TO THE MOON, one of the greatest and most influential films from the silent era.
Neil Brand talked us through the world of silent cinema at this year’s Cambridge Film Festival, offering commentary as well as a terrific musical soundtrack to a variety of short films.
A rarity among Alfred Hitchcock’s films in that he wrote as well as directed it, THE RING is perhaps his first fully rounded feature. Nearly two hours in length, this absorbing tale concerns two boxers competing for the love of a girl, and the resulting emotional see-saw is quite compelling, despite an utterly conventional plot. … Continue reading The Ring