Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Ben Kirby

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Cherwell pays tribute to Christopher Hitchens

Ben Kirby pays his respects to the courageous 'intellectual titan'

Joe Cornish: Chip off the old block

Cherwell speaks to first-time director Joe Cornish about his film Attack the Block

Review: Paul

Pegg and Frost's latest effort is in dire need of the Wright stuff.

Interview: Fyfe Dangerfield

Cherwell sits down to chat with the Guillemots frontman.

Interview: Christopher Hitchens

Cherwell shares a taxi ride with the outspoken, eloquent polemicist.

Review: Of Gods and Men

A quiet, gripping and urgently relevant masterpiece.

I am Iannucci.

Ben Kirby is very nearly stood up by Armando Iannucci, the most uncompromising perfectionist in British comedy

Interview: Armando Iannucci

Ben Kirby interviews Armando Iannucci about his new book, 'The Thick of It: The Missing DoSAC Files'

Another year, another classic

Ben Kirby reviews Mike Leigh's new movie, Another Year, and is almost stunned into silence by the shock of the ordinary

Interview: Adam Buxton

Benjamin Kirby's extended interview with comedian, actor & radio presenter Adam Buxton

Internet on film

Like The Social Network? It's not the first of its kind

Review: The Social Network

A convincing, witty and devastating portrayal of relationships gone wrong.

Interview: Mark Norfolk

Film director Mark Norfolk talks about his life and lessons in independent filmmaking.

Film isn’t dead

Will Self argues that film is dead, and Ben Kirby couldn't disagree more.

Review: The Expendables

A terrible, testosterone-filled fusion of Team America and My Beautiful Laundrette.

Interview: The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Dolph Lundgren chat about their action-packed film.

The Tarantino Conundrum

Ben Kirby examines what happens when good directors go bad.

Review: The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Ben Kirby reviews the Old Vic's revival of Neil Simon's 1971 play starring Jeff Goldblum

Review: Splice

Some Freudian creepiness can't save this dull horror from mediocrity

Review: Inception

A furiously imaginative, action-packed and cerebral masterpiece.
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