Lean On Pete – Review Jack Blackwell May 4, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 01/09/17 as part of Venice Film Festival. Full of wide, near-barren vistas and trying to fit three different films into one, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete has all the...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Andrew Haigh Alex Flood May 1, 2018 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features In recent interviews, filmmaker Andrew Haigh has expressed “doubts” about his creative decisions and a fear of being “typecast” as a gay filmmaker. This inner turmoil is part of what makes his work so...
Lean On Pete – Venice 2017 Review Jack Blackwell September 1, 2017 Reviews Full of wide, near-barren vistas and trying to fit three different films into one, Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete has all the hallmarks of a Brit director’s first foray to America. It gets lost in the...
45 Years – Review Rachel Brook August 29, 2015 Reviews Despite his Best Actor win at the Berlin Film Festival, Courtenay’s performance is the weak link in 45 Years. Many of his lines feel over-rehearsed, though fittingly he’s more animated when reminiscing...
The Public and Private in Andrew Haigh’s Weekend Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan February 6, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features In its cinema vérité style, Weekend presents a modern gay love story in an understated and direct way. By doing so, director Andrew Haigh has created a film where homosexuality is not the main plot point,...