IED: Improve Every Day – Review Rafaela Sales Ross July 26, 2020 Reviews “In my eyes, you’re more deserving than anyone else here”, says Kenny Simm to his friend and mentee Stevie Richardson, a soldier who lost his two legs and several fingers during an explosion while...
Moon Dogs – Review Louise Burrell September 2, 2017 Reviews Following the well-trodden path of road trip films, Moon Dogs tells the tale of two very different step brothers who make the journey from Shetland to Glasgow, one in search of love and the other in search of...
CEL Mates: The Illusionist (2010) Conor Morgan May 7, 2014 CEL Mates, Features, Independent 2 Comments The Illusionist is Sylvain Chomet’s long-awaited follow up to The Triplets of Belleville, based on a controversially unproduced script written by French comic Jacques Tati and released in 2010. It was...
Starred Up – Review Christopher Preston March 20, 2014 Reviews Starred Up serves its porridge with bits of broken glass. It grins as it spits teeth, just as likely to erupt into another volcanic episode of violence as it is to cough up a pearl of prison wisdom. Jack...
Under the Skin – Review Cameron Ward March 15, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Beautifully hypnotic and hauntingly dispassionate, Jonathan Glazer's multi-faceted exploration of cultural subjectivity and social realism flawlessly straddles issues of both observational cinema and the...