A Special Day
A Special Day is a 1977 Italian film starring giants of world cinema Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. A small intimate affair, A Special Day takes place in 1938 when Adolf Hitler made a state […]
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Two Women
Two Women, from director Vittorio “The Bicycle Theives” De Sica won Sophia Loren the Best Actress Oscar in 1962 – the only time a leading performer in a foreign-language movie has won one of the top […]
Dheepan
Winner of the Palme D’Or, Dheepan is a hugely powerful French film filled with humanity and power. The team behind the film are director Jacques Auidard and writer Thomas Bidegain, proving that their astonishing piece of work Rust […]
The Ginger Tree – BBC Series
The Ginger Tree was a unique programme in the history of television – made in 1989 it was the very first drama ever shot in HD. I have written about this in the past, when […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Mockingjay Part 2 is a superb final chapter in the adaptations of author Suzanne Collins’s three hugely popular (and excellent) Young Adult novels. As a standalone movie it will make no sense, absolutely no provision […]