Beanpole – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Kantemir Balagov Writers: Kantemir Balagov, Aleksandr Terekhov Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov The place is Leningrad. The time is Autumn 1945. It […]
Honey Boy – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Alma Har’el Writer: Shia LaBeouf Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe We are first introduced to Otis (Lucas Hedges), aged 22, as […]
Ordinary Love – Film Review Directed by: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Starring: Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville In cinemas December 6th It’s been so long since I saw Liam Neeson in anything […]
La Belle Epoque – Film Review by Frank L Director: Nicolas Bedos Writer: Nicolas Bedos Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier Victor Drumond (Daniel Auteuil) is a sixty-something cartoonist whose professional […]
By the Grace of God – Film Review by David Turpin Director: François Ozon Writer: François Ozon Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud A sombre, fact-based drama grasping the nettle of […]
The Peanut Butter Falcon – Film Review Director(s): Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz Writers(s): Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zack Gottsagen, John Hawkes Zak (Zack Gottsagen) is a young […]
Ready or Not – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell In cinemas September 25th Many movies poke fun at the “in-laws” and anyone […]
For Sama – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts Al-Khateab is a photographer who in 2012 lived in Aleppo in Syria. She supported the endeavours of […]
Hustlers – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Lorene Scafaria Starring: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles O ye, of little faith. If you weren’t holding out much hope for yet […]
Pain and Glory – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Pedro Almodóvar Writer: Pedro Almodóvar (as Almodóvar) Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia Pain and Glory, the now-mononymous Almodóvar’s twenty-first feature […]
Transit – Film Review by Diana Perez Garcia Directed by Christian Petzold Written by: Christian Petzold (adaptation), Anna Seghers (novel) Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Glese Opens on Friday August 16th […]
Animals – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Sophie Hyde Writer: Emma Jane Unsworth Stars: Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat) are two young women […]
Blinded by the Light – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Gurinder Chadha Starring: Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Dean-Charles Chapman, Aaron Phagura Based on a […]
Only You – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Harry Wootliff Writers: Harry Wootliff (screenplay), Harry Wootliff (story by), Matthieu de Braconier Stars: Natalie Arle-Toyne, Isabelle Barth, Tam Dean Burn This is Wootliff’s […]
The Chambermaid (La Camarista) – Film Review by Pat Viale Director: Lila Avilés Writers: Lila Avilés, Juan Carlos Marquéz Stars: Gabriela Cartol, Agustina Quinci, Teresa Sánchez Set entirely within the confines of […]
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love – Film Review by Paddy McGovern Director: Nick Broomfield Stars: Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Ron Cornelius The story of Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen is well […]
In Fabric – Film Review Directed by Peter Strickland Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, Gwendoline Christie Review by David Turpin Peter Strickland’s 2014 erotic fantasia The Duke of Burgundy emerged fully formed […]
Apollo 11 – Film Review by Diana Perez Garcia Director: Todd Douglas Miller Cast: Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Michael Collins Opens on Friday June 28th At the close of Todd Douglas […]
Amazing Grace – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack Stars: Aretha Franklin, Reverand James Cleveland, Southern California Community Choir This documentary records Aretha Franklin performing in Los Angeles […]
Woman at War – Film Review by Frank L Director: Benedikt Erlingsson Writers: Ólafur Egilsson, Benedikt Erlingsson Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada Erlingsson created a fine idiosyncratic film […]
Styx – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Wolfgang Fischer Writers: Ika Künzel, Wolfgang Fischer Stars: Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda The Styx in Greek mythology is the river […]
Donbass – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Sergey Loznitsa Writer: Sergey Loznitsa Stars: Valeriu Andriuta, Nina Antonova, Valeriy Antonyuk Loznitsa (My Joy 2010, In the Fog 2012 and Maidan 2014) was […]
Eighth Grade – Film Review Director: Bo Burnham Writer: Bo Burnham Stars: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson This is the story of Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher), a young girl who is […]
Wild Rose – Film Review by Frank L Director: Tom Harper Writer: Nicole Taylor Stars: Julie Walters, Jessie Buckley, Craig Parkinson Rose Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is an unmarried mother of two […]
The Sisters Brothers – Film Review Director: Jacques Audiard Writers: Jacques Audiard (screenplay by), Thomas Bidegain (screenplay by) Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal Eli (John C. Reilly ) and […]
Ray & Liz – Film Review by Aisling Foster Written and directed by Richard Billingham Stars: Richard Ashton, Jamie-Lee Beacher, Michelle Bonnard If you find images of real life depressing, then the […]
The Kindergarten Teacher – Film Review by Cathal Ryan Director(s): Sara Colangelo Writers(s): Sara Colangelo Actors: Rosa Salazar, Gael García Bernal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Chernus Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a Kindergarten […]
Sauvage – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet Starring Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard The ‘rent boy movie’ is a populous, if not particularly distinguished, subgenre in gay cinema. Its […]
Capernaum – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Nadine Labaki Writers: Nadine Labaki (screenplay), Jihad Hojeily (screenwriter) Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole The entire movie centres on […]
No More Workhorse 