First Cow – Berlinale 2020 Review Carmen Paddock February 24, 2020 Reviews Some films need no special tricks or thrills to captivate, and Kelly Reichardt’s latest is a near faultless example. Following a loner cook and a Chinese immigrant who form a loving alliance in their travels...
Journey’s End – Review Jack Blackwell February 3, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 07/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. In adapting a play to the screen, there’s a tough balance to strike. You have to retain the essence of the original...
Happy End – Review Tom Bond December 1, 2017 Reviews This was previously reviewed on 22/05/17 as part of Cannes Film Festival. Austere, 75-year-old auteur Michael Haneke might not seem the most obvious choice to comment on the current landscape of live...
Journey’s End – LFF 2017 Review Jack Blackwell October 7, 2017 Reviews In adapting a play to the screen, there’s a tough balance to strike. You have to retain the essence of the original production without the limitations of that medium carrying over into the film. Earlier this...
Atomic Blonde – Review Kambole Campbell August 12, 2017 Reviews Charlize Theron’s latest action vehicle, Atomic Blonde, oversteers a little in its attempt to escape the limiting description of being “John Wick, but starring Charlize Theron”. Former stuntman and...
Kaleidoscope – EIFF 2017 Review Laura Davis June 22, 2017 Reviews In this council estate-set psychological thriller, Toby Jones must confront his Oedipal complex after a date that goes badly wrong. During the title sequence, Carl looks through the kaleidoscope he was...
Happy End – Cannes 2017 Review Tom Bond May 22, 2017 Reviews Austere, 75-year-old auteur Michael Haneke might not seem the most obvious choice to comment on the current landscape of live streaming and democratic video, but he proves himself a master of all forms of...
Morgan – Review Calum Baker September 4, 2016 Reviews Having manufactured “Morgan” in a lab and witnessed her sudden tantrums, the scientists here are surprisingly un-self-aware. As Michelle Yeoh seriously intones: “For every decision we make, there are...
Tale Of Tales – Review Eddie Falvey June 18, 2016 Reviews Tale of Tales is either very much your film or it isn’t in the slightest. Almost certainly destined for cult adoration, Matteo Garrone’s latest feature is a rare oddity: imaginative, arresting, baffling...
The Man Who Knew Infinity – Review Calum Baker April 10, 2016 Reviews Like its screenplay, The Man Who Knew Infinity’s score is essentially a "best-of-this-sort-of-thing" – twee and pseudo-inspirational, over-egged and half-baked. Most every line of dialogue is a trailer...
Dad’s Army – Review Bertie Archer February 7, 2016 Reviews At last - Britain has produced a true geri-action film. Albeit more geri and less action, Dad’s Army takes on Jerry with a troupe of the ablest British national treasures available. The new - and...
Serena – Review Rachel Brook October 27, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment The extreme saccharine romanticism of Pemberton’s (Cooper) first meeting with Serena (Lawrence) may cause some to wish the film had remained in the can another two years, yet brutal dramatisation of the...