Everything Went Fine – Review Alysha Prasad June 18, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in July 2021 as part of our Cannes coverage. François Ozon’s touching film Everything Went Fine (Tout S'est Bien Passé) begins just after 85-year-old André (André...
Benedetta – Cannes 2021 Review Alysha Prasad July 12, 2021 Reviews Based on the non-fiction book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown is Paul Verhoeven’s newest erotic, blasphemous, and extremely camp film, Benedetta. In...
Hannah – Review Josefine Algieri March 3, 2019 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our Filmfest München coverage on 3/7/2018. Andrea Pallaoro’s second feature Hannah portrays a woman on a precipice, struggling with the crimes her husband...
The Little Stranger – Review James Andrews September 22, 2018 Reviews Director Lenny Abrahamson follows his Oscar-nominated Room by opening things up to a mansion with this period Gothic mystery. Said mansion is the dilapidated Hundreds Hall in post-War rural Warwickshire, and...
Hannah – Filmfest München 2018 Review Josefine Algieri July 3, 2018 Reviews Andrea Pallaoro’s second feature Hannah portrays a woman on a precipice, struggling with the crimes her husband has committed and the choices she has made. First and foremost, it is a showcase for Charlotte...
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...
The Sense of an Ending – Review Olivia Luder April 15, 2017 Reviews Based on the novel by Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending follows pensioner Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent) as he is unexpectedly confronted by a pivotal moment from his past. Present day London is set...
Assassin’s Creed – Review David Brake January 3, 2017 Reviews For an adaptation such as this, the stonefaced take is bold and offers the film respectability and weight. Heavily influenced by his own last outing, Macbeth, Justin Kurzel sticks to his strengths as a...
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...