Film Review: ‘Like Someone in Love’
★★★★☆ Acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s latest film, Like Someone in Love (2012), may be set and shot in Japan but it contains many...
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6 December 2020
Small Axe: Alex Wheatle review
★★★★★ The latest offering from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, Alex Wheatle (co-written with Alastair Siddons) features an impressive debut from Sheyi Cole in...
26 November 2020
Small Axe: Red, White and Blue review
★★★★★ Steve McQueen’s extraordinary five-part series, Small Axe, set in the heart of London’s West Indian community from the 1960s to the 1980s, continues...
3 January 2020
Film Review: Amanda
★★★★☆ Mikhaël Hers’ sensitive, heartfelt third feature Amanda is about loss and bereavement in the aftermath of a brutal terrorist attack in a Paris park....
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Film Review: ‘Before Midnight’
★★★★☆ Before Midnight (2013) is the final part of an extraordinary trilogy, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. For...
DVD Review: ‘Lore’
★★★★☆ Cate Shortland’s quietly powerful sophomore film, Lore (2012), is set in Germany during the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. This German-Australian...
DVD Review: ‘The Spirit of ’45’
★★★★☆ The DVD release of Ken Loach’s 2013 documentary The Spirit of ‘45 (courtesy of doc specialists Dogwoof) is particularly timely given the present...
DVD Review: ‘Amour’
★★★★★ Michael Haneke’s latest award-winning feature, Amour (2012), is at times almost unbearable to watch. The film begins with a door crashing open as...
DVD Review: ‘Dancing on the Edge’
★★★★☆ A key voice within British television drama for the past three decades, Stephen Poliakoff makes gloriously flamboyant films with sprawling plots and all-star...
DVD Review: ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’
★★★★☆ A sterling British cast, including Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Tom Wilkinson, ensure that John Madden’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel...
DVD Review: ‘Tuesday, After Christmas’
★★★★☆ Romanian director Radu Muntean’s intensely observed domestic drama Tuesday, After Christmas (2010) is about the end of a marriage and the start of...
