York Press | Film reviews

DVD review: Drive (18), 96 minutes, Icon Home Entertainment, action/thriller/ romance ****

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:51 +0000

NOT since Saving Private Ryan has a long, silent opening to a film said so much to set the atmosphere.

Sarah’s Key given Holocaust Memorial screening in York

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:29:26 +0000

AS part of Holocaust Memorial Day in York, on Sunday City Screen will show Sarah’s Key (12A) at 8pm.

DVD review: The Guard (15) 92 minutes, Studio Canal ****

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:17:24 +0000

IF Irish black comedy cum eccentric crime thriller The Guard feels like a not-so-distant cousin of In Bruges, the family link is even closer.

The Artist runs for extra week

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:53:56 +0000

THE Artist, French director Michel Hazanavicius’s charming portrayal of love and corrosive pride at the sunset of Hollywood’s silent-movie era and the dawning of the talking motion picture, is being given another week’s run at City Screen from today.

Aesthetica Short Film Festival to return

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:23:27 +0000

YORK’S first boutique film festival will return in 2012 with new venues, 150 films from around the world and potentially a fresh strand too.

Rachael Le Roque as Marilyn Monroe promotes launch of new film at City Screen

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:43:12 +0000

NEVER mind spending one week with Marilyn, Rachael Le Roque lives her whole life with her… and she’s going out with Elvis.

Review: Wuthering Heights; Running time: 128mins; Certificate: 15

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:20:44 +0000

LAURENCE Oliver and Merle Oberon in 1939. Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton in 1970. Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes in 1992 (with singer Sinead O’Connor popping up briefly as Emily Bronte bestriding the moors).

Now screening at City Screen, York: Leonardo da Vinci show

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:56:14 +0000

FIRST it was the New York Metropolitan Opera, then NT Live from the National Theatre and the Bolshoi Ballet live from Moscow, and now the craze for satellite broadcasts at City Screen, York has spread to another canvas: a London art exhibition.

Film critic Mark Kermode’s book date sells out at City Screen

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:24:09 +0000

FILM critic Mark Kermode’s book tour show, The Good, The Bad And The Multiplex, at City Screen, York, on Monday, has sold out.

Short film festival opens across screens in York

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:05:39 +0000

YORK’S first international film festival opens tomorrow, and such has been the response from film-makers that the event will return next year.