That Jodie Foster Speech

16 January 2013 London I add my two cents worth to Jodie Foster’s not-quite-a-coming-out speech at the Golden Globes. Sunday … More

The Neverending Hobbit

3 January 2013 London Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy changed my life. But the first part of … More

24 July 2012 London My review of the finale of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy – a film so unrelentingly fascist … More

9 July 2012 London My review of Götterdämmerung – the final part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, as staged for the New York Metropolitan … More

5 July 2012 London Kenneth Lonergan’s second film Margaret finally gets a cinematic and DVD release in the UK. It’s also … More

27 June 2012 London Farewell, Nora Ephron, and thanks for all the laughs. Like many movie lovers, I was saddened … More

26 June 2012 London My review of the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of Harvey Fierstein’s modern gay classic, Torch Song … More

30 April 2012 London Terence Malick’s marvellous, majesterial film “The Tree of Life” – my cinema highlight of 2011. It’s taken … More

5 November 2011 London Hearts were inspired and buttocks were numbed through a marathon screening of Siegfried, Part 3 of … More

16 October 2011 London One day, two great London Film Festival films: Steve McQueen’s brilliant, punishing Shame, and Andrew Haigh’s … More