Arthouse Reviews: Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher is a film about wrestling, but this is no conventional sports tale about the triumph of hard work and determination over adversity, or even a vehicle for another version of the American Dream. Instead, it’s a deeply troubling psychological drama that shows just how fragile that dream is when met with the […]
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 […]
