Blog posts by year and monthNovember 2010
Posts (12)
5 live review: The American
5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The American. Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.
Keeping Score
Fritz Lang's brilliant sci-fi epic Metropolis arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray this week looking richer and more beautiful than at any time since its original release. A genuine eye opener it also arrives with a full orchestral score rather than the Giorgio Moroder techno version specially commissione...
Who can recall his past cinemas
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives was the surprise winner of the Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. A mystical tale with something of the David Lynch about it, the film has received almost universal critical acclaim. So what chance do you think there is you'll see it in a cinema?
5 live review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - part 1
5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - part 1. Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.
Speech Class
As Colin Firth and Helena Bonham-Carter pull on the regal drag for stiff upper lipstick Brit flick The King's Speech, a question is raised. Is the difference between royal and plebeian profanities measurable in years?
Year in Review Preview
So I'm winnowing away at my Top Ten and Bottom Ten lists for 2010 and already there are spectacular new candidates jostling for position at the polarities.
5 live review: Skyline
5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Skyline. Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.
Let It Be, the definitive Let Me In review
Lest there remain scinitillae of doubt in your minds, be assured that howsoever your natural human curiosity compels you there is not a single reason to be found for seeking out and watching Let Me In, the English-language remake of Tomas Alfredson's Kermode Award-winning Let the Right One In.
Fireside Chat
Yes it's that time already, time for me to sit down and review your typically thoughtful and inspired comments on the blog which this time include reactions to Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani's performances in Possession, to Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer's classic 80s outing Into the Night and a rupture of anticipation following my instant reaction to Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan starring Natalie Portman.
Skiffle at the Albert Hall
A couple of weeks ago my band was asked to join a prestigious charity concert at the Albert Hall, this year's Concert for Care featuring music stars such as Paloma Faith and Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead, comedians Jimmy Carr and Ed Byrne, and organised by none other than Bond movie composer Dav...