Prick Up Your Ears begins with a murder, and ends in a suicide – and for the two hours in between, we’re presented with a wildly complex character study that traverses many different ideas, such as identity and sexuality, the importance of art, and the cultural perceptions of certain issues that tend to carry immense…

Throughout her life, Mother Theresa made many profound statements, but one of the most striking was “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty”, which is a stark reminder of how money is so actively pursued by the vast majority of us, often at the favour of the more important things…

“Ugliness is a kind of death. As long as I’m beautiful, I’m even more alive than the others” The importance of Cléo from 5 to 7 (French: Cléo de 5 à 7 ) should not be underestimated in any way. Agnès Varda was a filmmaker whose work has always meant the world to me as…

Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) is a young drifter who may or may not dabble as an escort. His most consistent client is Alexandra del Lago (Geraldine Page), an ageing actress who yearns for her glory days as a young, desirable starlet. She spends her days engaged in various vices, whether feeding her alcoholism or satiating…

Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) and Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick) are two very lonely people. He is a public-relations executive heading towards middle-age without having settled down with a family, while she is the daughter of the moderately wealthy owner of a local landscaping business. They meet by chance one evening while at a party, and…

Somewhere in the region of Bengal stands a grand manor. The occupant is Biswambhar Roy (Chhabi Biswas), an incredibly rich landowner who uses his wealth to satiate his addictions – however, unlike many others, Roy’s vice isn’t alcohol or opiates, but rather music, which has always been his passion. On any given day, he could…

Most film lovers with an interest in Hollywood ephemera are aware of the Chateau Marmont – the prestigious restaurant and hotel nestled into the heart of Sunset Boulevard, and which has seen countless figures from the world of entertainment pass through its hallowed halls over the years. However, one of its most recent occupants is…

Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) has been sentenced to death for the murder of two men. A young and rebellious felon, he holds very little remorse for his actions and is willing to take the punishment long before he’s going to regret his actions. However, based on a successful petition run by his mother (Thelma Ritter),…

Playwrights tend to know more about the human condition than just about anyone. This has never been more evident than through the work of Eugene O’Neill, whose status as arguably the most important American playwright of his generation (a distinction he may only be able to share with the likes of Arthur Miller and Tennessee…

Each individual filmmaker intends to do something throughout their career – some of them want to make us laugh, others want to terrify us, and there are even those that tend to try and evoke deep and meaningful thought in the viewer, to the point where we start to look at our own existence in…