Dark Waters – Review Carmen Paddock February 26, 2020 Reviews The opening scene of Todd Haynes’ latest feature immediately evokes Jaws, as a group of giggling, beer-fueled teenagers trespass for a midnight swim. The killer in the water, however, is not quite as easy to...
Skin – Edinburgh Film Festival 2019 Review Carmen Paddock June 29, 2019 Reviews There is an argument to be made that white nationalist redemption narratives focus the pain and trauma on the aggressors rather than the communities they terrorise, making them at best valueless and at worst...
Molly’s Game – Review Thom Denson December 30, 2017 Reviews Having been a Hollywood staple for what seems like an eternity, it's almost inconceivable that Aaron Sorkin has taken so many years to move into direction. With his Oscar-winning prose, defined by its...
Crown Heights – Sundance London 2017 Review Rachel Brook May 31, 2017 Reviews Crown Heights is the kind of film you don’t always enjoy, but are glad to have seen afterwards. Writer-director Matt Ruskin doesn’t quite do justice to the affecting true life story; the screenplay feels...