Articles By: Keith Beard

One Day (2011)

One Day (2011)
The ever improving Anne Hathaway here teams with An Education director Lone Scherfig and Jim Sturgess to tackle David Nicholls bestselling novel which tracks the progress of a man and woman who almost get together on the night of their university graduation, from there the story follows them on the same...
August 31st, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Tree of Life (2011)

The Tree of Life (2011)
A new film by Terrence Malick is an event in itself, and once again the uncompromising visionary has created a cinematic experience unlike most you are ever likely to see. However, while there is much to admire about his latest experiment, there are also undeniable flaws not normally seen in his work....
August 30th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

A Separation (2011)

A Separation (2011)
This year’s golden bear winner at the Berlin film festival is a complex drama, emotionally draining and with many different viewpoints and themes. The story starts off with an arguing couple, Simin (Leila Hatami) wants to leave Iran with her daughter, whereas Nader (Peyman Moadi) does not want to leave...
August 27th, 2011 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Break My Fall (2011)

Break My Fall (2011)
Sally Sellout (Sophie Anderson) met Liza her lover a few years back when she was playing a London gig with her then band, the pair instantly had a connection, and so Sally decided to stay in London and move in with Liza. However the relationship has now gone sour due to Liza’s overbearing jealousy...
August 16th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

Kaboom (2011)

Kaboom (2011)
With the exception of 2004’s Mysterious Skin there has always been a distinct lack of depth to Gregg Araki’s film output. What he simply does is put a cynical eye on modern youth, their horrible sexual encounters, drug habits, the shitty world they wake up to each day, and then just throws in little...
August 3rd, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

Alice in the Cities (1973)

Alice in the Cities (1973)
Wim Wenders’ cult seventies film is very much an outsiders view on the world, while it features a tender central relationship; it also has a very striking take on themes such as consumerism and isolation. Rudiger Vogeler plays a photo-journalist who having failed to come up with a piece to satisfy...
July 22nd, 2011 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Bridesmaids (2011)

Bridesmaids (2011)
Fast rising American US comic Kristen Wiig brilliantly anchors this black comedy which puts a sharp focus on the real-life farce which is the lead-up to a wedding, and the extreme stress that can be caused as a result. Wiig stars as Annie whose sister Lillian (Maya Rudolph) is about to get married, and...
July 13th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

An interview with Adrian Vitoria

An interview with Adrian Vitoria
Age of Heroes is a new British thriller based on the real-life events of Ian Fleming’s 30 Commando the template for the modern SAS during World War 2. It stars Sean Bean and Danny Dyer in the lead roles. I caught up with the film’s director, Adrian Vitoria, to have a chat about it. FLICKFEAST: [...]
June 13th, 2011 | Feature, Spotlight | Read More

Hanna (2011)

Hanna (2011)
Joe Wright director of Pride and Prejudice and Atonement does a complete U-Turn with this adventurous fairy tale/thriller, where he throws many different things at the screen at different times, and has a blast filming many different locations around the world taking in the sights and smells, in a film...
May 18th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

Howl (2010)

Howl (2010)
Ever since his powerful performance in 127 Hours I have found it all the more difficult to take James Franco serious as a credible dramatic actor, or even an interesting onscreen figure. To me he has become a bit too twitchy and seems to be trying a bit too hard to convince the world that [...]
May 8th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More
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