ethan coen

Biopics are often a tricky affair, because filmmakers are challenged to hit a very delicate balance when choosing which parts of their subject’s lives to cover. For some, it pays to focus on just one pivotal event (as in Lincoln) or up to a certain point in their achievements (Elizabeth), while...

Angelina Jolie-directed Unbroken is set during World War Two. This biographical picture tells the story of Louis Zamperini (1917-2014), an Olympic runner who survived a plane crash, then endured two and a half years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Zamperini is played by upcoming star Jack O’Connell (who recently appeared in...

A Coen classic, cut short sci-fi and current comedy are all commended as Matt brings the latest of our next best recommendations on Netflix. Fargo With the recent release of the follow-up series of the same name airing on Channel 4 this past summer, now would be a good time to...

As Sin City: A Dame to Kill For storms style first into UK theatres, our writers recognise some of the finest films of neo-noir cinema. Blade Runner   The archetypal neo-noir, Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is extremely prescient. 32 years after...