The Front Runner – Review Joni Blyth January 13, 2019 Reviews 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...
The Front Runner – LFF 2018 Review Joni Blyth October 15, 2018 Reviews It’s a tough time to talk about America; any film covering politics is drawn into the vortex of the current climate. The Front Runner is no exception; in positioning itself as something of a quasi-origin...
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man: An ORWAV Marathon Kambole Campbell July 4, 2017 Analysis, Features, One Off Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. One good movie, one great movie, and one movie we don't talk about. Or is there more to it than that? In anticipation of the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kambole and...
Little Men – Review Rachel Brook September 25, 2016 Reviews With Little Men Ira Sachs continues to represent his cynical view of the working generation. In 2014’s Love is Strange he placed his sympathies firmly with an elderly gay couple. This time he swings to the...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – Review Tom Bond May 15, 2016 Reviews Tina Fey deserves better than this film’s trailer, which suggested a woman who went to war because she was single and, when she got there, had a party. She deserves what Whiskey Tango Foxtrot actually...
Heavenly Sword – Review Bertie Archer June 13, 2015 Reviews How a CG movie can be released eight years after the video game it’s based on and have significantly worse graphics, not to mention story and characterisation, is unfathomable. Yet Heavenly Sword is just...
Scene Stealers: Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights Thom Denson February 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers "You want somethin' to drink? A little pill, a little coke, a little dope? I got everything!" In 1997, Californian auteur Paul Thomas Anderson shone a spotlight on the American adult entertainment industry...
Love Is Strange – LFF Review David Brake October 15, 2014 Reviews Authentic, genuine and affecting. In careers littered with big roles, Molina and Lithgow provide a masterclass. Their skill is evident in the subtle, gorgeous humanity they draw from their roles, baring souls...
Shakespeare at 450: His Top Ten Adaptations on Film David Brake April 27, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 165 Comments Shakespeare. It's the most famous name in the English language, ringing proudly out across the British Isles. From his first works on stage around the 1590s to Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing in 2012,...