Short of the Week – Submarine Rhys Handley November 27, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/233685439 A community drifting apart can feel like the end of the world. This is usually an illusion in the mind. In Mounia Akl’s award-winning short, the decomposition of the...
Fragile and Funny: The Roles of Sally Hawkins Louise Burrell August 2, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Last year’s release of Maudie, the tale of a Nova Scotia artist who suffers from crippling arthritis, looks set to cement Sally Hawkins as the master of powerful fragility. Wonderfully charming and...
Morris from America – Sundance London Review Rachel Brook June 4, 2016 Reviews With shades of Submarine, Morris from America literalises the alienation of adolescence by relocating the titular teen and making him a fish out of water. Though Markees Christmas’ charming and likeable...
Top 10 Young Adult Adaptations Rachel Brook November 24, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 With the final chapter of everyone’s favourite dystopian teen franchise, The Hunger Games (what else?), landing in cinemas this week, you may need some cinematic balm for the gaping hole it’s about to...
