Atonement and the Precarity of Desire Anahit Behrooz July 17, 2020 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Atonement was the film that made me fall in love with cinema. There had been films before and innumerable films since, but nothing has ever approached that heart-stopping, locking-eyes-across-a-crowded-room...
Misbehaviour – Review Carmen Paddock March 13, 2020 Reviews Philippa Lowthorpe’s latest feature immediately roots itself in its historical moment: before its opening title Misbehaviour has cut between divorced London mother interviewing for a spot at university, a...
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...
Why Period Films Are So Underrated Sarah J January 9, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion It is the beginning of Pride and Prejudice. The protagonist, Elizabeth Bennett (Keira Knightley), is reading a book as she walks through the English countryside. The house comes alive not because it’s been...
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...
Spotlight: Lily James’ Journey From Disney Princess to Dancing Queen Katy Moon July 19, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Much like her spiritual predecessor Keira Knightley, at this point it’s difficult not to picture Lily James in a corset. From Downton Abbey, Disney’s Cinderella, Tolstoy’s Natasha Rostova and even...
Everest – Review Bertie Archer September 20, 2015 Reviews With scant time to acclimatise, Everest is quick to set up base camp deep in the foreshadowing of the mountain. Everest is a sight worthy of cinema’s largest screens, and a breathtaking canvas for the...
The Oscars 2015 | 87th Academy Awards | Live Blog David Brake February 22, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off Welcome to One Room With A View's (soon-to-be) LIVE coverage of the 87th Academy Awards! Tonight's ceremony in Los Angeles will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, whereas our ceremony will be hosted by yours...
Second Chance: Keira Knightley Rachel Brook February 7, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance Over the years, negative assessments of Keira Knightley’s acting abilities have included the phrases ‘woeful’ and ‘so bloody awful it hurts my eyes’, with many critiques specifically focussing on the...
Say When – Review Rachel Brook November 4, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Kitschy and tediously drawn-out home video credits give way to a humorous portrait of arrested development in the vein of Frances Ha and Drifters. While stylistically closer to the latter, Say When’s...
The Imitation Game – LFF Review Danielle Davenport October 9, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments This enthrallingly proficient biopic combines scope with style, provoking attention and excitement through gripping drama and the stirring warfare milieu. Technical scenes belie tedium through Tyldum’s...
Ten Degrees of Trivia: Maleficent Tom Bond June 11, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Ten Degrees of Trivia Love trivia? Love six degrees of Kevin Bacon? Then you’ve come to the right place. Ten Degrees of Trivia combines the two to take you on a journey through the world of loosely connected facts, beginning and...
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Review Christopher Preston January 26, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an old song being covered by a new band. Spies, baddies, countries at stake. There is even a rivalry between America and Russia. Fancy that! Chris Pine is a likeable lead, but...