High Noon

A movie with the worldview of the Occupy Wall Street crowd, but too inclined to let what it sees as the One Per Cent off the hook

A rather simple but still powerful movie about educational reform which ought to be less controversial than it is

James Cameron has a lot to answer for. By making the top grossing film of all time a three hour plus extravaganza he has convinced the money men that it’s OK to break the two hour barrier so long as you’ve got a picture that’s going to pull the teeny-boppers, with plenty of spending money…

This is a young man’s movie, but one which even many young people are likely to find very tedious

A strange movie from the Antipodes that tries to make a real-life act of mass murder into an object of beauty

Twice Upon a Yesterday, whose British title was The Man With Rain in His Shoes, was directed by Maria Ripoll as a pretty transparent imitation of Sliding Doors but without very much of that film’s wit or stylishness. I have nothing in principle against this kind of metaphysical fable and think of its great exemplar,…