The Hunt – Review Phil W. Bayles March 11, 2020 Reviews It’s easy to see why The Hunt was shelved last year following a spate of mass shootings in the US. Not because it’s violent – it is, but not emphatically more so than many other films released since –...
Vice – Review Joni Blyth January 22, 2019 Reviews Art is as much about what you don’t paint as it is about what you do. The negative space, the pregnant pause, silence between the beats – there’s power in the gaps. Vice works best when it explores the...
Fahrenheit 11/9 – LFF 2018 review Rhys Handley October 15, 2018 Reviews “How the fuck did we get here?” asks Michael Moore at the start of his new documentary-cum-raging leftist polemic Fahrenheit 11/9, reflecting on the night Donald Trump was named 45th President of the...
Beatriz at Dinner – Sundance London 2017 Review L D June 1, 2017 Reviews The opening film of this year’s Sundance London film festival is Miguel Arteta’s dark comedy Beatriz at Dinner. Arteta seats Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Chloë Sevigny, and others uncomfortably around the...
Short of the Week – M.A.M.O.N. (Latinos vs Donald Trump) Kambole Campbell November 21, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q__bSi5rBlw For a lot of people, it’s been a frustrating couple of weeks. With the result of the US election, there’s plenty of concern for how the next four years...
The Real “Forgotten People” – Tangerine and Donald Trump’s America Cathy Brennan November 11, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion Something that was constantly heard from Donald Trump's supporters on election night was that it was a victory for people who have long been ignored by the system. Less than 24 hours later, journalist Zach...