REVIEW: In the Earth (Sundance 2021)
It was inevitable that the pandemic was going to end up being a presence at Sundance 2021 and that it would be the first festival where the effects of Covid-19 would really be felt. It’s a festival almost entirely made up of films that were…
REVIEW: Rebecca (2020)
While remakes and reboots are – perhaps deservedly so – controversial, literary adaptations are more complicated. The problem can come when there is one particular adaptation of a novel which is considered ‘classic’ or ‘definitive.’ That is very much the case with Daphne Du Maurier’s…
Netflix Share First Trailer For Ben Wheatley’s ‘Rebecca’
A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death. A modern adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s gothic…
BFI COMEDY GENIUS: Sightseers (2012)
The second strand of Showroom Cinema’s BFI Comedy Genius season is Contemporary British Comedy – an exploration of quintessentially British wit, expect a bitter twist and a sprinkling of social realism delivered by the British stars of today (and tomorrow). Kicking off this strand was Ben Wheatley’s…
REVIEW: Free Fire (2017)
As proven with his already impressive slate of films, British director Ben Wheatley has a unique, creative and wonderful vision. With a cast as impressive as this one, a proven knack for retro flair as demonstrated in 2016’s insanely brilliant ‘High-Rise’, and a singular location…
REVIEW: High Rise (2016)
To say I had high expectations for this film would be an understatement. For one, JG Ballard is my favourite writer (my son is even named after him), and I was excited to discover it would be Ben Wheatley taking helm of the adaptation –…
