Digging Deeper: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Look beneath the topsoil of these men’s search for gold and you’ll see more than just one doomed expedition in John Huston’s powerful fable.
Feature by Eleanor McKeown
CURRENT REVIEWS
Gold: Interview with Nina Hoss
10/5/13 •
German actress Nina Hoss talks about her character in Thomas Arslan’s Western Gold, and the dangers and challenges of shooting a low budget genre movie in the Canadian wilderness.
Interview by Pamela Jahn
Istanbul International Film Festival 2013
06/5/13 •
The Istanbul Film Festival is a unique event that acts as a crucial bridge between east and west.
Festival Report by Evrim Ersoy
Kate Worsley is Commander Ericson from The Cruel Sea
04/5/13 •
Author Kate Worlsey’s filmic alter ego is Commander Ericson The Cruel Sea .
Column by Eithne Farry
Suspended in Wind and Water: Bruno Dumont’s Hors Satan
04/5/13 •
Bruno Dumont’s film repeatedly invites us to listen, even when there is ‘nothing’ to listen to.
Column by Robert Barry
Flatpack 2013 Round Up
24/4/13 •
Flatpack continues to be a place for discovery and full of treasures that share the same quality of unpredictability.
Festival Report by Eleanor McKeown
A Bleak Picturesque: Nicola Piovani’s score for Le orme
24/4/13 •
An intriguing mix of Italian mystery in the giallo style, Le orme offers a subdued soundtrack.
Column by Robert Barry
Beatrice Hitchman is Irma Vep from Les vampires
14/4/13 •
Author Beatrice Hitchman’s filmic alter ego is Irma Vep from Les vampires.
Column by Eithne Farry
Monument Film: Interview with Peter Kubelka
04/4/13 •
Peter Kubelka talks about the essence of cinema.
Interview by Pamela Jahn
PREVIOUS REVIEWS
- Alexander’s Festival Hall’s Film Jukebox
- Peggy Riley is Scarlett O’Hara
- Rarg
- 60s Counterculture in Birmingham: The Arts Lab
- Jaume Balaguero: From the supernatural to twisted reality
- The Sleep Paralysis Project
- Jazz, Jules Verne and another magnum opus by David Thomson
- Oh Boy: Rotterdam 2013
- Citadel: Interview with Ciaran Foy
- Tangerine Dream’s Thief: High-tech vs old school
- Remember the Alamo: Alternative fortresses in film
recent Alter Ego
04/5/13 •
Kate Worsley is Commander Ericson from The Cruel Sea14/4/13 •
Beatrice Hitchman is Irma Vep from Les vampires07/2/13 •
Travis Elborough is James Mason in The London That Nobody Knows08/1/13 •
Jack Wolf is Blade Runner’s JF Sebastian11/12/12 •
Tanya Byrne is Clarice Starling
recent Film Jukebox
04/4/13 •
Alexander’s Festival Hall’s Film Jukebox24/7/12 •
Dead Rat Orchestra’s Film Jukebox01/3/12 •
Zoe Baxter’s Film Jukebox17/2/12 •
The Tindersticks’ Film Jukebox26/1/12 •
Barry Adamson’s Film Jukebox
recent Interviews
10/5/13 •
Gold: Interview with Nina Hoss04/4/13 •
Monument Film: Interview with Peter Kubelka28/2/13 •
Citadel: Interview with Ciaran Foy23/1/13 •
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich: Interview with Klaus Maria Brandauer11/1/13 •
American Mary: Interview with Jen and Sylvia Soska and Katharine Isabelle
recent Reel Sounds
04/5/13 •
Suspended in Wind and Water: Bruno Dumont’s Hors Satan24/4/13 •
A Bleak Picturesque: Nicola Piovani’s score for Le orme21/2/13 •
Tangerine Dream’s Thief: High-tech vs old school24/1/13 •
Cannibal Holocaust: The perverse contrast of sonic beauty and visual horror30/12/12 •
A Far from Silent Battlefront: Ecstasy of the Angels
