Film Review Research- Main Magazines (UK)

The main film magazines in the UK are Empire, Sight and Sound, Total Film and Prevue

Empire

Empire is a British Film Magazine that is published monthly.

Sight and Sound

Sight and Sound is a monthly film magazine which is published by the British Film Institute.

Article: A Time to Love and A Time to Die

Different Film Magazines have different layouts, style for the film reviews. The article for film of the month which has the headline "A Time to Love and A Time to Die", is a very detailed, formal and academic review of the film The Witnesses (Les Temoins) which is a French cultured film. In this review they give the full synopsis which tells us that so if you were to read it before watching you would know and understand more of the context.

 The audience for this film would be people who view film as an form and 'high culture'. The expect the audience to have a good knowledge about French Cinema, the culture there and the language. For example they mention various French films such as J'embrasse Pas (1991), Les Roseaux Sauvages (1994). Some phrases used in the review are "Somewhat against Versimilitude" and "But the wan Julie cannot even evisage mixing a career and a relationship".

The structure is: the film is introduced with references to other films, a full synopsis is given along with a discussion for the narrative structure and style. There are references to other books that are relevant. There is a balance which most reviews have of both the positive and the negative parts. Then the ending is summarized and given a closure, therefore it does not abruptly stop.