jonathan glen Archive

Looking For Hortense DVD Review

To say something is just an average French drama is not necessarily a criticism; it is a genre that the nation seems to produce gems in at a casually prodigious rate. Looking for Hortense does not jump out as something particularly special yet it is a very entertaining and engaging film. Pascal Bonitzer’s story of [...]
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Profile: Eirene Houston – A Writer’s Journey

Some people are fortunate enough to find a calling early in life, realising a certain prowess during their schooling or thereafter. Others never find something they would describe as a calling, no form of career or work ever grabs hold of them so strongly it is impossible to let it go. Then there is another [...]
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Eirene Houston Interview – Day of the Flowers

This interview was taken shortly after Day of the Flowers screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012 “Basically I just write, I write about people and try to find the truth in situations in the things I write about. You just hope that is going to appeal to everybody, or at least all ages. [...]
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Gorbaciof DVD Review

Mesmerising yet subtle, Incerti builds his film around a towering and award-winning performance from Toni Servillo
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Mystery DVD Review

Being the opening film of the Cannes 2012 film festival is not the only French connection this film has. Producer Kristina Larsen and editor Simon Jacquet are key players of the European contingent that helped concoct this wonderful Chinese/French collaboration. It is a marriage made in heaven as the best of both worlds come together [...]
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Pandora’s Promise Review

The years following the crisis at the Fukushima power plant may be a polarising time to make a documentary about nuclear power but in the UK the timing of Robert Stone’s film could not be more appropriate. The raising of energy prices and the subsequent discussion about the removal of green levies calls the wider [...]
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