Arthouse Reviews: Birdman
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman is already a huge critical success, receiving five star reviews, seven Golden Globe nominations and it’s being widely tipped for Oscar glory. So what does your Arthouse reviewer think? Riggan Thompson, a faded film star remembered for turning down the lead role in a fourth film as Birdman twenty years […]
Dame Janet Suzman’s response to DeObia Oparei’s letter
Dame Janet Suzman has written to the ArtHouse responding to the letter by DeObia Oparei that we published on 26th of December 2014, which you can read here. This letter is by way of a response to some foolishly careless remarks made by me, reported in The Guardian some 4 weeks ago. I am hoping […]
Arthouse Reviews: The Theory of Everything
It’s difficult not to be affected by the paradox of Stephen Hawking, his body awkwardly twisted and immobile in his wheelchair, while his mind is constantly at work searching for answers to some of the biggest and most mysterious questions about the universe. What’s so cruel and unjust about the motor neurone disease that’s ravaged […]
Arthouse Reviews: Big Eyes
ArtHouse has hosted several Tim Burton screenings over the Christmas period but Big Eyes is far from his usual gothic horror and fantasy blockbuster. Nor is it a trademark Burton film about odd outsider men. Instead it’s the extraordinary story of a real life (and living) woman whose bizarre situation can only be explained by […]
