Film Review: Chevalier (2023)
Chevalier tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges a French- -Caribbean violinist and composer played by Kelvin Harrison Jr.Continue Reading
Tag: historical drama
Film Review: Godland (2023)
The arrogance of colonisers, particularly those driven by their religious beliefs, meets the might of nature head-on, and there isContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Assassin of the Tsar (Collector’s Edition)
The geniuses at Deaf Crocodile have brought another of director Karen Shakhnazarov’s work into the spotlight. This time the mercurial The Assassin ofContinue Reading
Chevalier – MANIFF 2023
If you, like many, have not come across Joseph Bologne before, then Chevalier is an entertaining introduction to this 18th-century violin virtuoso,Continue Reading
4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s The Last Emperor (Collector’s Edition)
Lush, stunningly beautiful, and sad, Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor, rereleased by Arrow Video in limited edition on 4K UHDContinue Reading
1976 – London Film Festival
In competition at London Film Festival in the First Feature category, 1976 is actor-turned-director Manuela Martelli’s observation of a woman most definitely out ofContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Mata Hari (KL Studio Classics)
Cannon Films and Sylvia Kristel team up to bring the infamous WWI spy Mata Hari to the big screens withContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Well Go USA’s IP MAN: The Awakening 
The fists fly more than lessons learned in the newest iteration of the legendary Martial Arts Historical figure in Ip Man:Continue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s Ilya Muromets
The fine folks at Deaf Crocodile have done it again bringing to Blu-Ray a vital piece of World Genre CinemaContinue Reading
4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Collector’s Edition)
LIVE!!!!!! Arrow Video brings newly minted Academy Award Winner Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to homevideo in gloriousContinue Reading