byDaniel Allen

2 weeks ago | cinematicsense.home.blog | Daniel Allen |byDaniel Allen

In Here, Robert Zemeckis reunites with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright and uses one fixed camera shot to tell the story of one plot of land across time. ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. CAUTION: Light spoilers for the film. Proceed with caution…One house, one room. One story about the plot of land it sits on as it is subjected to the marching progress of time. One fixed camera, never moving from its spot. Here lies the conceit of Here.

2 weeks ago | cinematicsense.home.blog | Daniel Allen |byDaniel Allen

Starring the great Val Kilmer, Top Secret! is a perfect spoof comedy from Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. There were two events last week that gave me pause for thought. The first was the sad passing of Val Kilmer at the age of 65. Kilmer was a great actor who ended up with an enviable filmography – Tombstone, Heat, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Déjà Vu, Willow, The Prince of Egypt and more. He was Batman and Jim Morrison.

3 weeks ago | cinematicsense.home.blog | Daniel Allen |byDaniel Allen

Viktor Kossakovsky’s architecture documentary Architecton is a rock-solid film that is also visually spectacular. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Can you make a film about concrete interesting? The answer is yes, thanks to Architecton, a new documentary from Viktor Kossakovsky. An arthouse filmmaker who began his career at the tail end of the USSR’s existence, his most recent docs have been about water and ice (Aquarela) and farm animals (Gunda).

3 weeks ago | cinematicsense.home.blog | Daniel Allen |byDaniel Allen

Yesterday marked the conclusion of the 2025 edition of BFI Flare, the UK’s premier LBGTQIA+ film festival that takes place every March. If you want a sense of how big the festival has been, featured films in recent years have included Charli XCX: Alone Together, The Five Devils, Slowand Rose Glass’ superb Love Lies Bleeding. This year’s opening gala was the remake of The Wedding Banquet, fresh from Sundance.

1 month ago | cinematicsense.home.blog | Daniel Allen |byDaniel Allen

Bong Joon-ho makes his long-awaited return with Mickey 17, a sci-fi dark comedy that is interesting if inconsistent. ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. The return of Bong Joon-ho has been long-awaited. It has been five years since the Korean auteur made the critically acclaimed Parasite, which won four Oscars, including a historic Best Picture win.