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Men for all Seasons
Jersey Boys is the latest musical theatre blockbuster to get the big screen treatment. Viv Wilby assesses Clint Eastwood’s take on this tale of crime and close-harmony singing. ‘Do you know what I want...
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Blackwood
Viv Wilby checks out this small-scale, atmospheric British chiller File Blackwood under English rural gothic. Debut feature director Adam Wimpenny claims descent from a distinguished lineage: Don’t...
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1980: year of the woman
Viv Wilby considers three films from 1980 which reflect how women’s roles were beginning to change. ‘Sexist egotistical lying hypocritical bigot.’ That’s how the three heroines of 9 to 5 label Franklin...
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Spring
A horror romance is released in cinemas today. Viv Wilby enjoys the changes observed during Spring. I was in the US last year and got talking to a kid in the queue for the movies (Gone Girl, since you...
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Hardy perennial
Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy’s tale of one woman, three men and some unfortunate sheep, was back on the big screen this year. Viv Wilby feeling the pull of the past, finds its hard to...
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Fight, fight and fight again
MostlyFilm took yesterday off to watch Prime Minister’s Questions. Today, with the man who leads the Labour Party all over the news, Viv Wilby revisits The Deal So, I watched The Deal again. It felt...
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Doctor Zhivago
Our love affair with the BFI’s LOVE season continues. Viv Wilby revisits David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago. It’s a bit odd that the BFI has chosen Doctor Zhivago as the centrepiece of its LOVE season. Maybe...
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The Ones Below
Viv Wilby finds this thriller about north London neighbours overstuffed with allusions and ultimately underwhelming Sometimes new directors want to show you how much they know about films. David Farr,...
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Oops, it looks like you’ve created an infinite loop
Tim Minchin’s musical version of Groundhog Day opened at the Old Vic this week. Viv Wilby gets stuck in Punxsutawney It goes without saying, but I shall say it anyway, that Groundhog Day is one of...
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Come and meet those dancing feet
The West End revival of 42nd Street is a musical for the Strictly generation, says Viv Wilby The curtain rises to reveal 40 pairs of candy-coloured tap shoes all drumming away on the vast stage of the...
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