Film For Thought
FILM FOR THOUGHT: FEBRUARY IS THE CRUELLEST MONTH
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a monthly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This month, a torrent of underwhelming efforts are redeemed by a motely crew headed up
FILM FOR THOUGHT: JANUARY, SUPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a monthly glimpse into his musings on cinema. In January, as the awards season enters its most interesting speculative period, Adam assesses a
FILM FOR THOUGHT: THE MAGIC LANTERN
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, the latest from Scorsese is a supreme meta-cinematic treat which finally finds the
FILM FOR THOUGHT: THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, how the languages of words and images make an uneasy and disappointing collision
FILM FOR THOUGHT: TWISTED MORALS
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, the moral ambiguity of "Snowtown" and the way it relates to classical tragedy's
FILM FOR THOUGHT: LOST IN TRANSLATION
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, Andrea Arnold's drastically reimagined "Wuthering Heights" and a superior foray into the pitfall-abundant
FILM FOR THOUGHT: CAESAR NOW BE STILL
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, George Clooney's latest and a political pessimism which is subtly characteristic of much
FILM FOR THOUGHT: IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, Lynne Ramsay's latest, a challenging expressionistic take on some profoundly dramatic ideas, and
FILM FOR THOUGHT: OUR REVELS NOW ARE ENDED
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, a preview of Ralph Fiennes' "Coriolanus" and the ongoing problem about what film
FILM FOR THOUGHT: EXTINCTION
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, a remarkable filmmaking debut from Paddy Considine which single-handedly advances the potential of
FILM FOR THOUGHT: THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM LIKE THEY USED TO
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, a well-known example of when Hollywood used to make great films without even
FILM FOR THOUGHT: BACK-SEAT DRIVER
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, how "Drive" demonstrates that in film two heads are usually better than one,
FILM FOR THOUGHT: WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, Thomas Alfredson's fine Le Carre adaptation, and the cost of specialising in watching
FILM FOR THOUGHT: MONSTER MASH
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers a weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, Norwegian horror mockumentary "The Troll Hunter," the limits of the "found-footage" sub-genre, and
FILM FOR THOUGHT: TERROR IN BRITANNIA
Brainy film buff Adam Hollingworth offers weekly glimpse into his musings on cinema. This week, Ben Wheatley's "Kill List" not as thriller but as horror, and a re-assessment of
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Competition: Win Lore the book & DVD
Lore regretted the 'burning of the books' - copies of Brecht, Kafka an
Competition: Win Lore the book & DVD
The 1945 Bonfire Night celebrations were a little underwhelming.
Competition: Win Lore the book & DVD
Knowing this was a smokeless zone, she asked the three-legged siamese
Opening Night
Wow - harsh. I've not seen this but I've been a fan of all the films
The Purge
I'd hardly call the violence and nudity here gratuitous or consider it