Essential movies

If you're a budding cinephile, it can be difficult to know where to start or even to find a baseline. Cinema becomes more daunting every year as new films are released and old films are reappraised. With this in mind, the staff…

French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo in 'Ace of Aces' (1982). (Photo credit: Mondadori via Getty Images) Mondadori via Getty Images French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died today at the age of 88. An icon,…

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg began to describe the story of "Superbad" when they were themselves in high school, and when the film finally screened, its crazy drifts shocked audiences. “Superbad” captures the 21st century high school…

Tom Jolliffe goes back 10 years in 2011, offering up to ten must-see films of the year ... I am almost stunned that we are now 10 years from 2011. For me 2011 is the future. I'm still stuck somewhere in 2004. How on earth are 21 year…

There is the smile, which always seems to announce that an entire alley of cats has just lapped the cream of a dairy. There are the eyebrows, able to wiggle and arch towards the sky in one leap. There are the sunglasses - the better to…

Tom Jolliffe ventures back 30 years to watch 10 essential films from 1991… If it was depressing enough to realize that 2001 was 20 years ago, how about thinking a bit about the fact that 1991 is now 30 years ago. It's terrifying how…

Disney has had its Mickey Mouse gloved mittens on the public since 1928, and to say the studio is a household name would be…

The Battle of Iwo Jima gave us the most iconic image of WWII and represents the moment when Allied victory over Japan became inevitable. The invasion of February 1945 was brutal and relentless, but…

As we squat at home, it's the movies that keep us spirited up, perhaps remind us of happier Christmases past, and assure us that things might just turn out right. Indeed, there could be joy again in the world. All are available…

He would always be known as Bond - James Bond - and it's almost impossible not to say those words without emulating Sean Connery's deep Scottish baritone. But while the former rescuer, bodybuilder and Mr. Universe competitor turned…