It’s been a long time. Far too long. And I’m not just talking about the Muppets. I’m talking about good films that really do appeal to everyone. Going in, I really wasn’t sure what ...
So who doesn’t like men in suits? Seriously, if you don’t like them this is probably not the film for you. There’s such a wide variety! Paul Bettany goes in for the traditional wais...
“My Only Great Passion” – so said Carl Th. Dreyer of his lifelong love affair with the cinema. Few if any filmmakers have come close to translating this passion so completely into their work as Dreye...
As a big fan of biopic films, I love to see whether the actor or actress can capture the essence of a person we all know so well that I start to think I am watching that actual person on … Cont...
It’s 1944 and D Day has failed. Britain is being invaded by German troops, radio news reports city after British city is being conquered. In a distant remote Welsh valley, the sense of an impen...
Did you know Mary-Kate-and-Ashley, of early 90′s TV fame, are two of six siblings? Six. So there’s a pretty good chance that at least one of them is going to have talent, turns out itR...
Sound it out, directed and presented by Jeanie Finlay is a documentary about the last independent record shop in Tee-side. The last ten years have seen a massive decline in vinyl sales due to the low...
It is so refreshing to see a film like this. Very rarely is a film centred solely around a group of older having their ups and downs and not just the stereotype supportive roles they usually receive....
Of opening credits, filmmaker Saul Bass once said that they should ‘try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story’. This is...
There are not many directors with a back catalogue like Steven Spielberg. Regardless of what you may think of his films, he clearly has a great passion for story telling, in many forms, and regardles...
During the first three month of 2012, a range of artists will be living, working and creating brand new artworks at Phoenix Square, taking inspiration from this unique cultural building and its surro...
The poster for this film has been unsettling me for a few weeks at Phoenix Square. How could a young woman lie dead in a London flat for 3 years without anyone – family, friends, and colleagues – not...
Coriolanus Things I must not do during this review: 1. Be rude about Kenneth Branagh 2. Rant and gibber on about how dreamy Gerard Butler is. Poor Ralph Fiennes. You direct, produce and star in one S...
I should start off this review by stating that I am a massive Woody Allen fan. However, anyone who follows his films will know that some of his more recent efforts have been, well, quite hit and miss...
Steve McQueen’s new film had already created a lot of discussion before most people had seen it. This is probably to do with its theme. Sex addiction. The story centres around Brandon, played brillia...
There is a certain look that people have as they walk out of this film, that makes me feel like we should be handing out complementary kittens or hugs or hot chocolate at the very least. Paddy Consid...
Justin Kurzel’s feature debut follows the true-life crimes of Australia’s serial killer John Bunting, played brilliantly by Daniel Henshall. Snowtown is not your typical crime-drama, Kurzel achieves ...
A “new” silent film. It almost sounds like a contradiction in terms. But that, ladies and gentlemen, is most definitely what we have here. Following a hiatus of some 84 years (give or take a couple o...
Name: Jake Harvey Job title(s): Officially: Assistant Operations Manager. Also Film programme and Marketing support. How did you get started working at Phoenix Square? I came back from travelling an...
In another year saturated with average family oriented 3D releases, you’d be forgiven for assuming this is just yet another by the numbers kids movie. However, those who take a closer look at i...
Take Shelter I shall start this review by saying whatever you do, do not take shelter! Wherever you are I want you to come out, come down to the Phoenix, and see this brilliant film. Anyone who has p...
The Help managed to make me laugh out loud, move me to tears (more than once) and gave me a stark reminder of the way things were, not even 60 years ago in the land of the free. The film is … C...
Name: Alexzandra Jackson. Job title(s): Production Co-ordinator/AOM (Assistant Operations Manager). How did you get started working at Phoenix Square? I had heard Phoenix Arts was moving to a new s...
I’ll admit that I may have fallen a little bit in love with Michelle Williams as a result of this film (even if I am a little behind that particular bandwagon.) Veteran television director, Simon Cur...
More now, perhaps than ever before, has the world’s attention been so fixed on the problems facing Mexico and its people. Kidnapping, drug and people trafficking, police corruption, and grizzly publi...
I’m not going to lie; I cried buckets at this film. But then I suppose a film that begins with 10 minutes of skirling violins and failed attempt at suicide was never going to be laugh-a-thon. This, t...
Some things are just supposed to go together, right? Jam and toast, of course. Cheese and beans, absolutely! Brideshead Revisited and Ghostbusters…well don’t knock it till you’ve tr...
The Future is written, starred in and is directed by 37 year old darling of the American indie film scene Miranda July. In her debut feature film, You Me and Everyone We Know (2005) July charmed her ...
An open letter from Phoenix Square To our valued guests, I’m sure that many of you were as abhorred as we were earlier this year by the frankly disgraceful revelation that Leicester City Council has ...
Unrequited love, Kate Bush wailing manically over the wind and another chance for the Yorkshire Tourist Board to show off their moors on our screens. Having sported somewhat of a theme of violence be...
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