Author Rafaela Sales Ross

This film was previously reviewed in January 2021 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. In the aftermath of having their holiday home invaded, Jan (Mark Waschke), Nina (Sabrina Timoteo) and their...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage. Working-class boy falls in love with high-bred girl, a premise as old as time. In A Brixton Tale, they are...

In the UK, when someone googles “blue whale challenge”, the first result is a website compiling a series of suicide hotlines readily available for anyone struggling with feelings of self-harm. This...

Night after night, Kate (Gemma-Leah Deveraux) grabs a cheap beer and walks up on stage at her local pub/comedy club. She shoots one self-deprecating joke after another, before heading to a shabby room in the...

“We will remember”, chants a small group of siblings as their mother solemnly proclaims rules as if they were bible verses. “As long as we remember, we remain”, she punctuates as the ritual nears its...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. “You don’t think there’s a cage that can work to our benefit?” ponders Abigail (Katherine...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage. Coincidences are thoroughly dissected in Riders of Justice, a thriller that puts to the test all the...

This film was previously reviewed in September 2020 as part of our TIFF coverage. Among the forests of the small town of Piedmont, Italy, men and their dogs roam the muddy woods in search of a very...

Hutch (Bob Odenkirk), a middle-aged accountant, sees his house broken into by a couple of young, trembling assailants. Nothing much is taken, but his role as the man of the house stands on wobbly ground as...

At a certain point in Cruella, the protagonist admits, rather defeated, “People need a villain to believe in and I’m happy to fit the bill”. She is tired albeit determined, staring the archetype of the...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. Neighbours gather in front of Sebastian’s (Daniel Katz) door, their open umbrellas awkwardly competing...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage. Another film to be added to the 9/11 true story trope, The Mauritanian follows the legal proceedings to...

In the realm of great storylines, “A formerly flamboyant hairdresser takes a long walk across a small town to style a dead woman's hair” certainly hits the jackpot. Throw in two contrasting legends in the...

This film was previously reviewed in October 2020 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. Told almost entirely from the point of view of strays roaming the crowded streets of Istanbul, Elizabeth...

This film was previously reviewed in October 2020 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. Following his sublime directorial debut, God’s Own Country, Francis Lee once again delves into feelings of...