Historical epics, Hong Kong action flicks, quirky love stories, a white-picket-fence nightmare courtesy of David Lynch and lots of noir. As 2025 draws to a close, these are my favourite cinematic discoveries of the year.
Glitz, Glamour and Grit: ‘Footlight Parade’ (1933)
James Cagney: tough guy, song-and-dance man. Singing and dancing in a bar-cum-opium den? Welcome to the wonderful world of the 1930s Warner Bros. musical- where women are dames, wisecracks whistle back and forth backstage and anything goes if it can just dodge the censors. Musicals are my favourite genre. I grew up loving the crème-de-la-crème […]