Fire (Both Sides of the Blade) – Glasgow Film Festival 2022 Review Carmen Paddock March 10, 2022 Reviews Fans of Claire Denis’ Let the Sunshine In will find familiar ground in her latest feature. She reunites with Juliette Binoche for another tale of a woman’s search for that elusive romantic spark, but this...
High Life – Review Chris Edwards May 10, 2019 Reviews Travelling at 99% of the speed of light, Clare Denis’s latest feature High Life sees Robert Pattinson’s Monte attempt to raise a baby daughter in deep space. Focusing on three distinct periods in Monte’s...
The Brilliance of Juliette Binoche Patrick Nabarro April 17, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Juliette Binoche. The name alone brings connotations of a very particular brand of imperious arthouse cinema. Seeing it in the opening credits is a near guarantor of a cerebral viewing experience; a patent by...
Beach Rats – Review L D November 25, 2017 Reviews This was first reviewed on 06/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. The kids who roam Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn are known as "beach rats". Self-medicating with a cocktail of painkillers and narcotics, they...
Beach Rats – LFF 2017 Review L D October 6, 2017 Reviews The kids who roam Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn are known as "beach rats". Self-medicating with a cocktail of painkillers and narcotics, they don’t lead easy lives. Eliza Hittman’s followup to her 2013 It Felt...
Top 10 Contemporary Female Directors Patrick Nabarro August 31, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Issues of gender inequality are becoming ever more prevalent in the film industry. First there was the famous pay discrepancy highlighted by Jennifer Lawrence last year. And in recent weeks, two of our own...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Post-Colonial Cinema Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan May 27, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Post-colonial theory sounds like something best left in a textbook, but in the context of a film industry that still limits characters of colour to sidekicks and stereotypes, it is worthy of broader...