The Idol – Film Review by Helen Major Writer and Director: Hany Abu-Assad Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Ahmed Al Rokh, Hiba Attalah ‘The Idol’ is a film based around a true-life story based […]

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Stig Björkman Writers: Stig Björkman, Dominika Daubenbüchel Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Roberto Rossellini, Pia Lindström Ingrid Bergman would be […]

The Confession: Living the War on Terror – Film Review by Lisa Jewell Director: Ashish Ghadiali Exclusively in the IFI from 12 August It’s a daring move to base a documentary largely […]

The Shallows – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra Starring: Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen, Sedona Legge In cinemas August 12th Don’t let the fact that there are […]

The Valley of Love – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Guillaume Nicloux Writers: Guillaume Nicloux (screenplay), David H. Pickering (translation) Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Dan Warner Handily Gérard Depardieu […]

Pete’s Dragon – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: David Lowery Writers: David Lowery (screenplay), Toby Halbrooks (screenplay) Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley Most of us grew up with […]

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates – Film Review by Robert Dooley Director: Jake Szymanski Writers: Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien Stars: Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick Driving down to the […]

Suicide Squad – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: David Ayer Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne In […]

Bobby Sands 66 Days – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by Brendan J Byrne Starring: Bobby Sands, Gerry Adams, Fintan O’Toole and a host of other talking heads At one point […]

Sweet Bean – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Naomi Kawase Writers: Durian Sukegawa (based on the novel by), Naomi Kawase (screenplay) Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida Sentaro (Masatoshi […]

Suicide Squad – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by David Ayer Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis With the August doldrums just ahead, it seems fair to pronounce […]

Up for Love – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Laurent Tirard Writers: Marcos Carnevale (original screenplay: Corazon de Leon), Laurent Tirard (adaptation) Stars: Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cédric Kahn It’s a […]

Bobby Sands: 66 Days – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara A film by Brendan J Byrne Director Brendan J Byrne’s account of the 66 day hunger strike of Bobby Sands achieves the […]

Finding Dory – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Directors: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane Writers: Andrew Stanton (original story by), Andrew Stanton (screenplay) Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill Thirteen years after […]

Second Opinion: Jason Bourne – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed In cinemas July 27th […]

The Commune– Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Thomas Vintenberg Writers: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Fares Fares, Trine Dyrholm Set in the nineteen seventies (think flared trousers) in […]

Author: The JT LeRoy Story – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Jeff Feuerzeig Starring: JT LeRoy in all his forms Showing in the IFI from July 29th This is one […]

Jason Bourne – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Paul Greengrass Starring Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Julia Stiles Leading man Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass reunite for […]

Finding Dory – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Andrew Stanton Starring the voices of: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy […]

Star Trek Beyond – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Justin Lin Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba In cinemas […]

The BFG – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall, Bill Hader In cinemas July 22 I […]