Jane Campion

Campion's romantic drama is a beautiful film that is visually-stunning and heartfelt, but yet manages to resist the pitfalls of sentimentality and cliché.

A determining factor, some may say, at the heart of Campion’s oeuvre is the inclusion of a strong, emotive (and convincing) female protagonist seen in the likes of Sweetie (1981),...

There’s something missing from Bright Star. It’s not talent – as anyone who’s seen Ben Whishaw at work before will know, he’s got broody and interesting down pat.

There’s something missing from Bright Star. It’s not talent – as anyone who’s seen Ben Whishaw at work before will know, he’s got broody and interesting down pat.

Short films are becoming popular again, and no wonder. As we can watch more and more media on the move and continue the eternal search for bitesize chunks of audio-visual...