Edinburgh 2015: ’45 Years’ review
★★★★☆ Based on a short story by David Constantine, British director Andrew Haigh’s poignant drama 45 Years (2015) is led by two terrific central...
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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: That Sugar Film
★★★★☆ Damon Gameau’s feature documentary about the detrimental effects of refined sugar and excess fructose on our health is both educative and entertaining. The...
DVD Review: ‘Testament of Youth’
★★★★☆ James Kent’s magnificent feature debut Testament of Youth (2014), based on Vera Brittain’s bestselling memoir about the First World War, is a real...
HRWFF 2015: ‘Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd’ review
★★★★★ Montreal-based Patricio Henriquez’s compassionate film Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd (2014), follows the stories of three Uyghurs unlawfully imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay. East...
HRWFF 2015: ‘No Land’s Song’ review
★★★★★ Ayat Najafi’s enthralling doc No Land’s Song (2014) is about his sister Sara’s attempts to stage a concert in Tehran featuring female soloists....
Film Review: ‘Suite Française’
★★★★☆ Saul Dibb’s film adaptation of Suite Française (2014) dramatically compresses the many strands of Irène Némirovsky’s incomplete World War II novel, discovered by...
DVD Review: ‘Leviathan’
★★★★★ Living up to its title, there is an epic quality to Leviathan (2014), Andrey Zvyagintsev‘s tragic drama about corruption and impunity in modern...
Film Review: ‘Hinterland’
★★★★☆ Harry Macqueen’s impressive directorial debut, Hinterland (2014), which he also scripts and stars in together with folk singer Lori Campbell follows two childhood...
