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Watch The First 6 Minutes Of Kenneth Branagh’s Brilliant BELFAST

Opening with a sumptuous montage of modern day Belfast, set to the strains of Van Morrison’s song Down To Joy, Kenneth Branagh’s regular cinematographer, Haris Zambarloukos, switches to luscious monochrome as we fall back into the [...]

February 10, 2022

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST Is Heartfelt And Emotionally Powerful

A wondrously nostalgic look at his childhood, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a heartfelt and emotionally powerful piece of cinema. Branagh has crafted a film where whimsy and realism sit side-by-side so the viewer can visit a Belfast which is as [...]

January 24, 2022

Look After Mr. Bond. See That Some Harm Comes To Him.

Michael Lonsdale, who played the James Bond villain Hugo Drax opposite Roger Moore in Moonraker has died at the age of 89. The well regarded actor worked with auteurs such as François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette and Alain Resnais. Lonsdale also had [...]

September 22, 2020

Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA Is A Soulful Cinematic Prayer

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a soulful cinematic prayer. It’s an open letter which embraces and reverences childhood, class struggles and politics. It’s also a sweetly composed film – one which lulls you into its power, before hitting you [...]

January 28, 2019

Burn, Baby Burn! First Trailer For FAHRENHEIT 451 Starring Michael B. Jordan & Michael Shannon

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 blew Movies In Focus’ young mind when I read it as a teenager back in the 1990s. Bradbury’s 1953 novel sees ‘Firemen’ burning books in a dystopian future. It’s dark and [...]

February 26, 2018

Review: Wes Anderson’s Whimsical MOONRISE KINGDOM

Wes Anderson movies are an acquired taste. The director’s visual style is a bit too quirky for the mainstream, and sometimes the art house crowd find it too laboured. I like his work, although I wasn’t a great admirer of The Darjeeling [...]

May 31, 2012