On Cinema
His own best character
A new Netflix release has been trailed as a masterpiece, with myriad claims to Oscar recognition, says Christopher Silvester
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
Editors deserve more credit
Christopher Silvester on the essential, and undervalued, part editors play in film and documentary creation
Women directors screened out
Christopher Silvester on Mark Cousins’s latest documentary
Do mention the war
The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes
The mobster and the Method
Al Capone’s relationship with the movies goes back a long way, writes Christopher Silvester
Lockdown Cinema
Staying frosty in plague times
Reel hell of the Western Front
The director wanted to show things as they were – badly-led, no one wanting to fight or knowing what they were fighting for, says Christopher Silvester
Untrue story of the Kelly Gang
For a folk hero this Ned has zero contact with the ordinary Irish folk who will supposedly come to love him, says Christopher Silvester
The toughest role
The most successful modern actor-director, Clint Eastwood, rejects “the auteur crap”