Ozon also directs L’Amant Double with an approach that resembles someone throwing the kitchen sink at the screen and then the cutlery draw shortly after.
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Through his career, Samuel Fuller carved a dark corner in Hollywood, writing and directing pictures that used America’s shadowy underbelly as a backdrop for sexy, romantic capers, fronted by characters with mixed-up morals. Some of his films may be deemed a little rough around the edges, too eager to shock and awe the audience into an easy state of knee-jerk praise – but there was always an exciting energy to them, one that’s undimmed by time. 1953’s Pickup on South Street is one such movie,…
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V.E. Day has only recently been explored in cinema, in the Oscar winning drama The King’s Speech, as the entire feature builds up towards the big night, and King George’s prominent and celebrated speech to the British public. But what we know somewhat less about, is what his daughters got up to on that very same evening – which is where Julian Jarrold’s enchanting picture, A Royal Night Out comes in.

V.E. Night in 1945, where the entire nation rejoices at the news that the Second World…
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“Following on from the Harry Potter franchise, all eyes are on Daniel Radcliffe as to what his next move will be, and whether he’ll find himself on the Hollywood scrapheap of other typecast, famous child actors, or if he’ll continue to prove himself a force to be reckoned with in world cinema”…
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