For Jye Frasca, Kaufman's Game is the 32-year-old Australian-born actor's first feature film, having worked in theatre for the past 15 years.

It's entirely possible that Hitchcock was a horrible man, guilty of despicable crimes, but we have no real evidence one way or the other.

Rather than spending time hammering Tarantino for his use of violence in his films, how about we get the US government on the blower? They're the ones who insist on upholding a Constitution that allows gun ownership, which was put together at a time when people only ever owned muskets.

His legacy does not need bolstering by the slick Hollywood conveyor belt, for it resides in the hands and pockets of a generation.

I was in the middle of an early November film shoot when I found out Head Over Heels had made it to the Oscar short list of 10 films. My brother called my mobile phone and asked, "Have you seen the internet?" The Oscars were so far from my mind and he spoke with such a tonne of shock that I thought Mitt Romney must have won Ohio!

The director's preternatural versatility is often overlooked, and Lincoln is perhaps his most intelligent piece of filmmaking to date. It is a master class in restraint, pacing and tone, painting a rich cinematic portrait of a true American hero that is neither jingoistic, sentimental or sensationalist.

That is undeniably the motto of the present age for filmmakers and producers. Gone are the days when a film generated all its publicity in the press and through word of mouth. Producers have to find ways to go online and generate awareness among the public well in advance.

Frustratingly directed and far too long Les Miserables represents a bold, loud but horribly flawed musical theatre-to-film adaptation.

Movie-makers would have died of boredom in a crime-free world. The police force would have remained honest because there would have been no one to corrupt it. Ditto for the political leadership and the judiciary. Come to think of it the world of crime creates jobs.

They say movies are our escape into a fantasy world; but isn't it sad when we see how most movies these days tread the safe path?

Anthony Minghella's 1999 remake of Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley has long been overlooked and underrated.

The Independent film distributor, Swipe Films, will be releasing the award-winning French movie, You Will be My Son. You Will Be My Son is a love-lett...

This year marked a milestone for one of Bollywood's most endearing stars, Amitabh Bachchan, who celebrated his 70th birthday.

Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim El Batout's sober drama seeks to tell the 'behind-the-scenes' story that led to the Egyptian uprising of January 2011, and the fall of its incumbent dictator.

Storytelling is a fundamental part of human life. It impacts on how we view the world, and in turn, create it. I'm particularly interested in the way film, as a populist medium, can probe our minds and shape our narratives.

Given that cinema along with television are two of the most important and influential platforms through which we get images presented to us and understand the world it is surely significant that images of Africa are limited: limited to either conflict, crisis or natural history.

It would seem that Bollywood is fast catching up in giving a new generation of women a chance to wear the pants - on the sets of a film at-least.

Popular cinema will not let Bond die. Given his prowess for survival 007 may live even beyond the end of times!

The 2012 London Jazz Festival reveals an eclectic mix of artists and an egalitarian representation of musical forms from around the planet which converge in the capital for the purpose of exploring the wealth of this genre while also testing the limits and flexibility of jazz musical styles.

Barry Levinson's The Bay releasing nationwide November 2nd adds a new dimension of fright that hasn't been seen in some time.

Casino Royale took leaves out of Jason Bourne's book, Quantum of Solace took chapters and Skyfall takes its own leaves too, but from Ian Fleming's source material of MI6's most famous agent. The 23rd James Bond film is a wonderful homage to the unrivalled Sean Connery era.