To All the Boys: Always and Forever – Review Carmen Paddock February 13, 2021 Reviews Netflix’s romcom trilogy comes to an end as its heroine and narrator Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) awaits university acceptance letters, and she cannot wait to spend undergrad with dedicated boyfriend Peter...
News of the World – Review Rory Steabler February 11, 2021 Reviews Like News of the World protagonist Jefferson Kidd (Tom Hanks), Paul Greengrass has made a career spinning headline news into info-tainment for paying audiences. However, Greengrass’ latest is no meditation...
Malcolm & Marie – Review George Howarth February 6, 2021 Reviews Covid-conscious filmmaking is a tricky business. When production of Euphoria's second season was halted due to the pandemic, creator Sam Levinson and star Zendaya cooked up a more viable creative outlet: a...
King Rocker – Review Rob Salusbury February 6, 2021 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in June 2020 as part of our Sheffield Doc/Fest coverage. Many so-called rockumentaries have tackled the pressures and pains that come with rock and roll stardom. But a...
Luzzu – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Rafaela Sales Ross February 5, 2021 Reviews The classic Maltese luzzu has one big eye on each side of its front, a centuries-old tradition connected to good health and a way to manifest protection from the many dangers of the sea. The men who brave the...
Bliss – Review Chris Edwards February 5, 2021 Reviews Imbued with playful telekinetic powers, seeking vengeance on roller-skaters is just part of the mischief Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek get up to in Bliss, a slick and thoughtful dissection of reality. Who can...
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Rafaela Sales Ross February 3, 2021 Reviews Neighbours gather in front of Sebastian’s (Daniel Katz) door, their open umbrellas awkwardly competing for the limited space. This unexpected procession sees person after person arriving to tell the young...
The World to Come – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Rafaela Sales Ross February 2, 2021 Reviews “You don’t think there’s a cage that can work to our benefit?” ponders Abigail (Katherine Waterston), reflecting both on Shakespeare’s King Lear and the world outside the sheltered comfort of the...
El Planeta – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Rafaela Sales Ross February 2, 2021 Reviews When the cashier at a high-street shop compares Leo’s (Amalia Ulman) trendy looking animal print coat to the similarly patterned shirt he has on, the young woman offers a half-smile and blatantly says...
Marvelous and the Black Hole – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Alysha Prasad February 2, 2021 Reviews Kate Tsang’s Marvelous and the Black Hole follows troubled teenager Sammy Ko (Miya Cech) who is struggling to cope with the death of her mother. After being forced by her father (Leonardo Nam) to enrol in a...
Judas and the Black Messiah – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Alysha Prasad February 2, 2021 Reviews Shaka King’s highly anticipated Judas and the Black Messiah takes us back to 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. William O'Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) is offered a plea deal by the FBI in exchange for infiltrating the...
Cusp – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Rafaela Sales Ross February 2, 2021 Reviews “There is no normal in teenage years” utters a young girl as the sun goes down, her friends carrying cans of beer and chatting from the top of old, beaten trucks. It is a fitting observation to set the...
How It Ends – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Rafaela Sales Ross February 2, 2021 Reviews Hours before a meteor is due to decimate all life on Earth, Liza (Zoe Lister-Jones) crosses a deserted LA alongside an unusual sidekick: a younger version of herself (Cailee Spaeny). With a farewell party...
Prisoners of the Ghostland – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Alysha Prasad February 2, 2021 Reviews Sion Sono’s Prisoners of the Ghostland stars Nicolas Cage as Hero, an infamous bank robber who is sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, The Governor (Bill Moseley), offering Hero one last a job: finding his...
Pleasure – Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review Alysha Prasad February 1, 2021 Reviews When asked at the airport whether she was in Los Angeles for business or pleasure, Bella Cherry (Sofia Kappel) answers, “pleasure,” followed by a small, unreadable smile. Pleasure’s writer-director Ninja...