The Keeper, Marcus H Rosenmüller's robust, no nonsense account of Bert Trautmann's improbable but true journey towards a role as Manchester City's post war goalie, is a loving tribute to reconciliation and forgiveness that is a paean to decency.
The prospect of watching a German comedy that runs for a little under three hours would give the most adventurous of film goers pause for thought, notwithstanding the awards and plaudit Toni Earmann has received.
The prospect of watching a German comedy that runs for a little under three hours would give the most adventurous of film goers pause for thought, notwithstanding the awards and plaudit Toni Earmann has received.
Although the love affair between Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams is at the centre of Amma Asante's film, it is selling it short to call it a romance, for although Asante focuses on the challenges of mixed race marriage in the 1950s, she does so to explore the wider issues of colonialism, prejudice and political manoeuvring.
Although the love affair between Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams is at the centre of Amma Asante's film, it is selling it short to call it a romance, for although Asante focuses on the challenges of mixed race marriage in the 1950s, she does so to explore the wider issues of colonialism, prejudice and political manoeuvring.
Robert Zemeckis has made a specialism of exploiting film wizardry to startling effect, from the insertion of Roger Rabbit into the real world, to the inclusion of Forrest Gump into history.
Robert Zemeckis has made a specialism of exploiting film wizardry to startling effect, from the insertion of Roger Rabbit into the real world, to the inclusion of Forrest Gump into history.
Although based on three Alice Munro short stories, Almodóvar's latest movie seamlessly blends Munro's discreet narratives into a textured and satisfying examination of the eponymous heroine's life with skill and sensitivity.
Harry Potter's world is so quintessentially British, that reimagining wizardry in a New York setting requires a particularly audacious mindset.
After the whimsy of Angel's Share and the sentimentality of Jimmy's Hall there were whispers that Ken Loach was quietly losing his edge.
