B-Roll – stuff about cinema and films
Credit Where Credit Is Due Few have heard of Florence Lawrence and yet she is widely regarded as the first […]
Shane (1953)
Shane: The second best Western in movie history? Based on the (then) recently published book of the same name, Shane […]
LA Confidential (1997)
Three cops mete out their own form of justice in 1950s Los Angeles. Guy Pearce plays the uptight career cop, […]
All Is Lost (2013)
Well into his solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man wakes to find that his boat has collided […]
Worth (2020) / The Mauritanian (2021)
You may have seen the BBC’s excellent “911 – Inside the President’s War Room”. It will have triggered memories of […]
Penny Serenade (1941)
As Julie contemplates leaving her husband, she plays some of their old records, reminding her of their shared joys and […]
Sing Street (2015)
Conor is a 14 year old school boy growing up in 1980s Dublin. He copes with his stressful home life, […]
The Village (2004)
As cinema has become more sophisticated, so has its audience. Split screens, multiple converging storylines, plot twists and flashbacks may […]
The Baztan Trilogy
The Invisible Guardian (2017), The Legacy of the Bones (2019) and Offering to the Storm (2020) follow the investigations of Amaia Salazar in a […]
Cape Fear (1962)
Has there been a more intimidating screen villain than Max Cady, played by Robert Mitchum? Cady, after eight years in […]