Somers Town - How can you follow This is England?

Claudia loves the central performances in Shane Meadows latest film.

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Eric Rohmer's last film - people are people

David Parkinson looks at Eric Rohmer's last film.

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The Wave: Nazi indoctrination hits today's classrooms

How easy would it be to turn today's teenagers into Nazis?

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Happy-Go-Lucky Impresses US Film Critics

British film Happy-Go-Lucky directed by Mike Leigh has been awarded four prizes by the National Society of Film Critics in the US.

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Woman in the Window - brilliant film noir

James Oliver is mightily impressed by this classic film noir from Fritz Lang.

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The Charge of The Light Brigade (Richardson, 1968)

It’s surprising to think that Tony Richardson’s epic historical satire was not well received on its release in 1968, as now it looks like a classic. Indeed, in its merciless lampooning of the uneasy balance of Victorian military sadism and buffoonery that led to the slaughter of hundreds of British cavalrymen at the battle of Balaclava in 1854, it actually stands up better than most costume dramas of the era. It might be that the humour was just...