Film Reviews by Steve

Heartbreaking, devastating Louis Malle WWII story of Jewish children hidden from the Nazis in a Christian school. Sensitive and detailed film also lands all its big punches.

Gorgeously shot, existential, truck driver suspense drama! Tough guys drive nitro-glycerine over rocky tracks in death traps... Fantastic.

Intimate, adult and risque early Louis Malle gem. Philosophical, and quite erotic. Which is what you want from a French film.

One of Paul Newman's better eighties roles. Typical liberal and sincere Lumet expose of US medicine versus the little guy. Coming your way soon...

Coppola makes a European style arthouse fantasy on a soundstage, and lets Tom Waits sing all over it. The 80s' Citizen Kane... Tremendously appealing performances, particularly Nastassja Kinski's sexy Circus Girl.

Great dialogue. Fantastic brain troubling concept. Proper pre-CGI effects and sets. And incredible stunts. The intense final sequence of the film is as exhilarating as the action film gets.

Tender and compassionate tale of assorted losers and wannabes who always miss out on their dreams. Burt Lancaster is superb.

Maurice Ronet moves through a photogenic 60s Paris and its beautiful intellectuals in search of a reason to live. Engagingly melancholic, with the music of Eric Satie a beautiful addition.

Raw, highly imaginative love story/fantasy of lost souls Binoche and Lavant, slowly evolving from monsters into angels. A remarkable achievement.

Devastating Italian Neo-Realism, with non-professional cast, about the humiliations of a man who can't provide for his family. A totem of social film making, and utterly relevant today.

Ridley Scott's intelligent fusion of Philip K Dick and Metropolis is an all round triumph, visually, emotionally and intellectually. The sets and models are marvellous. But, as well as the superb visuals, there is a very moving human story.

No other film comes close for rendering the the horror of war on the screen. An overwhelming cinematic experience, though necessarily shocking and distressing.

Wender's unique lyrical poem to human spirituality and the experience of being alive, in a wonderful black and white Berlin.

Important and inspiring documentary style drama about the Italian resistance, which kick started the Italian Neo Realist movement. Remarkable that it was even made, more so that it is so brilliant.

Visconti's Marxist Neo Realist masterpiece focuses on the poverty and criminal exploitation of Sicilian fishermen. Very involving and utterly heartbreaking.