Tag: Tom Courtenay
2026 Berlinale: İlker Çatak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins the Golden Bear!
As we predicted, Yellow Letters was a formidable film in the competition of twenty-two films. Here are the winners!
Golden Bear: Yellow Letters
Silver Bear Grand...
Queen at Sea | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
(Get) Away From Her: Hammer Returns with Elder Ethical Dilemma
It’s been nearly twenty years since Lance Hammer’s 2008 debut Ballast announced a major new...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Lance Hammer’s Queen at Sea
He landed at Sundance in the U.S. Dramatic Competition with Ballast in 2008 and would end up winning the Directing Award and Cinematography Award...
Elder Care: Hammer Begins Production on “Queen at Sea” with Juliette Binoche
We were in almost in disbelief when Juliette Binoche casually mentioned back in January of last year that she was in a new work...
Summerland | Review
Castles in the Sky: Swale Finds Love During Wartime in Likeable Debut
Although it’s a somewhat simple and ultimately schmaltzy dose of narrative convenience, Jessica...
Sex, Lies and Emancipate: Schlesinger Finds Fantasy in New Wave Classic “Billy Liar” (1963) | Blu-Ray Review
An important piece of the short-lived British New Wave of the early 1960s was John Schlesinger’s sophomore film Billy Liar (1963). But if the...
Criterion Collection: 45 Years | Blu-ray Review
Taking home Best Actor and Actress awards out of its premiere at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival for leads Tom Courtenay and Charlotte...
Barney Thomson | Review
Demon Bumbler: Carlyle’s Serial Killer Comedy Hit or Miss
Actor Robert Carlyle directs his feature debut Barney Thomson from a first-time screenplay by producer and...
45 Years | Review
The One You’re With: Haigh’s Superb Examination of Marriage and Things Left Unsaid
With imperceptible grace, 45 Years portrays the warping of a near half...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #27. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years
45 Years
Director: Andrew Haigh // Writers: David Constantine, Andrew Haigh
British director Andrew Haigh stormed South By Southwest in 2011 with his sophomore film Weekend,...
