The most influential book adaptations on the big screen

A Clockwork Orange This is an example of a film adaptation that caused more controversy than its original novel form. Everyone loves a healthy bit of dystopia, but Burgess took this to […]

Review: Frank

Zoe Bennell reviews Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘darkly funny’ Frank.

Review: Blue Ruin

Zoe Bennell reviews Jeremy Saulnier’s take on the revenge thriller.

Review: Tracks

Tracks is a wonderfully truthful account of someone’s desire to do something bold and different.
Review by Zoe Bennell

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Zoe Bennell reviews the new Spider-man film, calling it a “deliciously exciting romp”

Gabriel García Márquez Remembered

Zoe Bennell looks back on the life of her favourite author, who died yesterday.

Review: Calvary

Zoe Bennell reviews John McDonagh’s ‘intricate and harrowing’ Calvary.

Review – Starred Up

Zoe Bennell reviews British prison drama Starred Up, calling it “a film with a soft inner to its tough outer shell”

Stranger by the Lake

Zoe Bennell is on the edge of seat during French thriller Stranger by the Lake.

Review: The Royal Tenebaums

Zoe finds Wes Andersons offering to be as brilliant as it is funny

Review: Only Lovers Left Alive

Zoe Bennell finds this cinematic offering entertainingly dreamy.

Review: An Oversimplification of her Beauty

Despite initial promise Zoe Bennell finds this film to be both pretentious and boring

Review: The Illusion

Zoe Bennell thoroughly enjoys the recent production of The Illusion.

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

Zoe Bennell is less than impressed with Sundance favourite An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

Favourite 4: Books of Excess

Nothing quite beats a novel full of indulgence, parties and drama; if it’s done well. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is in many ways the epitome of excess, and is one of the […]

Week In Pictures: 17 – 23 February

Photo highlights of the week from the York Vision photography team.