★★☆☆☆ Based on the 1909 short story by Heart of Darkness scribe Joseph Conrad, Peter Fudakowski’s debut feature film Secret Sharer (2014) is a handsomely made romantic drama which is ultimately sunk by its own clichés. Jack Laskey plays Konrad (a nod to the Polish author here) a young seaman, Continue Reading
★☆☆☆☆ The ongoing digital revolution that has placed the means of film production into the hands of budding indie directors everywhere stutters somewhat with the release of British director Justin Hardy’s Love Me Till Monday (2013). A painful 89 minutes of banality and boredom ensues in this misfiring attempt at Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ The feature debut from commercials director Steve Reeves and produced by Isabelle Georgeaux and Richard Holmes – the pair behind Amit Gupta’s Resistance (2011) -Keeping Rosy (2014) is a compact and modest low budget drama that nevertheless showcases the clear talent of its first-time helmer. Maxine Peake, last seen Continue Reading
★★★★☆ The ongoing search for a better life becomes a desperate fable of escape from poverty in Diego Quemada-Díez’s debut feature The Golden Dream (2013). A coming of age drama of sorts as four kids up sticks and hike towards America, it never shirks away from the horrors of their Continue Reading
