Author Joni Blyth

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 21/10/2018. While Melissa McCarthy has found name recognition, widespread acclaim and even an Academy Award nomination for...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 16/10/2018. You can’t even look at a still of Destroyer without discussing the elephant in the room. Nicole Kidman blows...

Art is as much about what you don’t paint as it is about what you do. The negative space, the pregnant pause, silence between the beats – there’s power in the gaps. Vice works best when it explores the...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 15/10/2018. It’s a tough time to talk about America; any film covering politics is drawn into the vortex of the...

Without further ado, for the festive season – the IMDb Trivia Chorus: On the first day of Christmas, Mission Impossible: Fallout gave to me… three thousand set-ups, thirteen helicopters, six...

It’s been 10 years since Peter Jackson picked up Philip Reeve’s seminal YA novel, and decided to shepherd it to the silver screen. Mortal Engines is finally rolling into cinemas, and like the mighty...

Let’s be real, there’s like a 50/50 chance that Mortal Engines is going to be any good, let alone do right by its source material. Fans of the book will agree that Peter Jackson, director of Lord of the...

Ultimately, whether you like Ralph Breaks the Internet comes down to a simple question that we must all ask ourselves at some point in our lives: How do you feel about billionaire conglomerates nakedly...

This film was previously reviewed on 21/10/2018 as part of the London Film Festival. Assassination Nation kicks off with a slew of trigger warnings – a fun gag letting you know all the sordid topics to be...

This film was previously reviewed on 25/02/2018 as part of the Berlin Film Festival. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is a surprisingly ordinary biopic given the esoteric creative forces behind it....

A Private War dives right into two warzones. One is more literal, as we meet real-life journalist Marie Colvin chasing down leads in the Sri Lankan rainforest, the other raging within her psyche. Each is well...

Benjamin is a bleak and hilarious glimpse straight into the mind of Simon Amstell. His insecurities and witticisms are laid bare in a searing indictment of London, the arts and (of course) himself. “JUST...

While Melissa McCarthy has found name recognition, widespread acclaim and even an Academy Award nomination for her foul-mouthed comedy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? is her first intentional foray into the awards...

Assassination Nation kicks off with a slew of trigger warnings – a fun gag letting you know all the sordid topics to be covered. Graphic and disorienting, the film spends about an hour and a half punching...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 19/10/18. The White Crow has to walk a tricky line between period drama and dance movie – think Step Up 2: The Soviets....