Colette – Review Tori Brazier January 12, 2019 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 13/10/2018. If you’re not a fan of historical costume dramas, this won’t be the film to convert you – but don’t...
Colette – LFF 2018 Review Tori Brazier October 13, 2018 Reviews If you’re not a fan of historical costume dramas, this won’t be the film to convert you – but don’t dismiss it just yet: Colette has the fascinating eponymous French novelist as its subject, a woman...
The Square – Review Rachel Brook March 18, 2018 Reviews Ruben Östlund has bested the unforgettable Force Majeure. The Square is delightfully unhinged; a viewing experience that can’t be conveniently collapsed into review-friendly phrases like “precocious art...
Tomb Raider – Review Jack Blackwell March 14, 2018 Reviews When faithfully adapting a video game as cinematic as the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot, you face inevitable accusations of pointlessness, however good the film ends up being. After all, what good is watching a...
Money Monster – Review Phil W. Bayles May 29, 2016 Reviews For most of its 100-minute runtime, Money Monster is on the verge of becoming a truly great satire. An intimate hostage situation explodes into a media circus that feels like Network as written by Charlie...
Testament of Youth – LFF Review Danielle Davenport October 16, 2014 Reviews James Kent has lavished care on this searing story of love and war so as to produce a familiar yet fresh adaptation. The emotions exposed throughout Testament of Youth are sagaciously measured, truthful and...
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,...