FILM REVIEW: Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN: Screening nationwide from 2/10
#BestGameOfThronesEpisodeEver? Obvs – yet more beautifully shot and with greater poetry.
FILM REVIEW
FILM REVIEW: 45 Years and Q&A with Charlotte Rampling, Andrew Haigh and Tom Courtenay
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 20/8 opens 28/8
Writer/director Andrew Haigh (Greek Pete, Weekend, Looking) tells us the BFI is his favourite cinema and that he used to work here as an usher.
FILM REVIEW: Under The Skin (introduced by Rian Johnson)
WORTH A LOOK: ****1/2
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 27/7/15
Rian Johnson wrote and directed 2012 Bruce Willis time travel action ride Looper and will do the same for Star Wars Episode VIII, the one to follow The Force Awakens out 18/12/15.
FILM REVIEW: Amy plus Q&A with director Asif Kapadia
Worth a look?: *****
Where: BFI
When: 22/6/15
Opening nationwide: 3/7/15
The most heartbreaking moment in Kapadia’s follow-up to Senna is when one of Amy’s friends explains how the star told her a career highlight for any other artist, winning five Grammys including one presented by her hero Tony Bennett, was boring without drugs.
