Category Archives: Film

Norman Jewison on the music in ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’

Posted on October 23, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett GHENT, BELGIUM: Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison has had an outstanding career as director and producer of major Hollywood films but it’s sometimes overlooked how much great music played in his success and how many wonderful composers he … Continue reading →

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MOVIE PREVIEW: ‘The Three Musketeers 3D’

Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – When Milla Jovovich’s husband said that he wanted to make a new film version of “The Three Musketeers”, she said, “Really? No. Really?” The actress says: “But then I thought if anyone is going to … Continue reading →

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Delon and Schneider sizzle in restored ‘La Piscine’

Posted on September 30, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett When you see Alain Delon and Romy Schneider in the 1969 film “La Piscine” you have a much better idea of what it must have been like to be young and beautiful in St. Tropez in the … Continue reading →

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Coppola’s ‘Conversation’ set for Blu-ray in UK

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

StudioCanal said it will release Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 drama “The Conversation” starring Gene Hackman on Blu-ray Disc for the first time in the UK on Oct. 31. The film won the Palme d’Or at the Festival de Cannes and … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Roland Emmerich’s ‘Anonymous’

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – It’s curious that the lives of many creative men, e.g. Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, are so uninteresting, and in the case of William Shakespeare there is also a distinct lack of information. So you … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Paddy Considine’s ‘Tyrannosaur’

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Joseph is the kind of man you wish never to encounter in a pub. Played with savage intelligence by Peter Mullan in Paddy Considine’s gripping if hard to watch drama “Tyrannosaur”, Joe’s default setting is … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Michael Fassbender in ‘Shame’

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – If Turner Award-winning artist turned film director Steve McQueen focussed less on Michael Fassbender’s naked willy and more on character and plot then his second feature “Shame” might be much more interesting. The title is … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Michael Hazanavicius’s ‘The Artist’

Posted on September 15, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The word irresistible is bandied around a lot in reviews but it is the only way to describe Michael Hazanavicius’s marvellous black-and-white silent movie “The Artist”. A treat for film lovers, it is set in … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: ‘The Forgiveness of Blood’

Posted on September 13, 2011 by admin

Joshua Marston’s “The Forgiveness of Blood” offers the Hatfields and the McCoys Albanian style taken seriously with a good deal of suspense. It screens tonight and Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, and at the BFI London Film Festival … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Restless’

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – “Restless” is a regrettably lame title for Gus Van Sant’s little film about a love affair that flourishes in the face of death, which against the odds is insightful, witty and charming. Annabel is beautiful … Continue reading →

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