Articles by Stuart Black
By Stuart Black

Bond Brunches: Live And Let Dine

No Mr Bond, I expect you to have more bacon.
By Stuart Black

Essential Film Festivals In London This April

No more Netflix.
By Stuart Black

History Boy Becomes Douglas Adams’s Detective Dirk Gently

Samuel Barnett stars in new BBC adaptation.
By Stuart Black

Review: Tracy Letts’s Bug Will Get Under Your Skin

James Norton and Kate Fleetwood bug out.

 ★★★☆☆
By Stuart Black

Renee Zellweger Returns To London To Have Bridget Jones’s Baby

Watch the new trailer.
By Stuart Black

Batman’s Batman: Posh Knob Or Cockney Hardman?

The evolution of Alfred the butler.
By Stuart Black

If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me Reviewed: Never Mind The Horrocks

Northern scowl.

 ★★★☆☆
By Stuart Black

How You Can Run Your Own Free Film Festival

A step-by-step online guide is now live.
By Stuart Black

Film Review: The Pass Tackles Football’s Dirty Secret

A strike against homophobia.

 ★★★★☆
By Stuart Black

How London Leads The World In Movie Visual Effects

Soho-based teams have won last three Oscars.
By Stuart Black

Film Review: High-Rise Is A Fecund Orgy Of Excess

Ben Wheatley does JG Ballard via Doctor Who.

 ★★★★☆
By Stuart Black

From Dr No To Dr Strangelove: The Amazing Film Sets Of Ken Adam

Legendary Bond designer died today.
By Stuart Black

Film Review: Every Parent’s Nightmare In The Ones Below

Creepy directorial debut from The Night Manager writer.

 ★★★☆☆
By Stuart Black

Secret Theatre: Fascinating Pictures Show Backstage Shenanigans

Photographer spends a year in London's playhouses.
By Stuart Black

Film Review: Hitchcock/Truffaut Dissects The Directors

Solid documentary about two great filmmakers.

★★★☆☆
By Stuart Black

Sprint Festival Of New Theatre Gets Off To Flying Start

Opening show Locus Amoenus is a winner.

 ★★★★☆
Film & TV
By Stuart Black

London Has Fallen Is The Worst Film About Our City Ever

Gerard Butler sinks in a high tide of pigswill.

 ☆☆☆☆☆
By Stuart Black

A Melee Of March Film Festivals In London

Your month’s cinema sorted.