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02/11/2019
DVD Round-up: September – October Edition
As the nights have drawn in over the last couple of months, the crop of home video release have beenContinue Reading
Category: Reviews
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25/10/2019
Film Review: Sorry We Missed You
★★★★☆ Now into his sixth decade as a director, Ken Loach has followed up the Palme D’Or-winning I, Daniel BlakeContinue Reading
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25/10/2019
Film Review: Chained for Life
★★★★☆ Films about filmmaking are nothing new. From Truffaut’s visionary Day for Night to The Disaster Artist, film adores observingContinue Reading
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17/10/2019
Film Review: Mystify: Michael Hutchence
★★★★☆ A delve into the relatively short life of charismatic INXS frontman Michael Hutchence somehow feels long overdue. Perhaps becauseContinue Reading
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02/10/2019
Film Review: Joker
★★★★★ Joaquin Phoenix gives an Oscar-worthy performance as the Clown Prince of Crime in Todd Phillips’ unique take on theContinue Reading
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02/10/2019
Film Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
★★★★☆ A seemingly mismatched road-trip buddy movie, Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon is heartwarming and filledContinue Reading
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01/10/2019
Film Review: The Last Tree
★★★★☆ British filmmaker Shola Amoo loses none of the authenticity in transitioning from documentary to narrative cinema with The LastContinue Reading
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20/09/2019
Film Review: The Farewell
★★★★☆ “Based on an actual lie” is the text that sets audiences up rather nicely for the lilting tone ofContinue Reading
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18/09/2019
Film Review: Ad Astra
★★★★★ From the thin blue line that divides the brothers of We Own the Night to the disrupted family units of LittleContinue Reading
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12/09/2019
Film Review: For Sama
★★★★★ Waad al-Kateab was a student at the University of Aleppo as the first anti-Assad demonstrations broke out in herContinue Reading
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31/08/2019
DVD Round-up: August 2019 edition
August’s releases run the gamut from horror, urban thrillers, social justice and tender drama. While themes of modernity, paranoia andContinue Reading
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29/08/2019
Film Review: The Souvenir
★★★★★ Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical feature The Souvenir introduces Honor Swinton Byrne in a tour de force performance. It’s a stunning evocationContinue Reading
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29/08/2019
Film Review: Bait
★★★★★ Contemporary British cinema has continued to surprise and amaze in recent years with the vast array of stunning directorialContinue Reading
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27/08/2019
Film Review: Memory: The Origins of Alien
★★★☆☆ Marking its 40-year anniversary, Alexandre O. Phillipe’s new documentary explores the cultural and mythic origins of the film onceContinue Reading
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23/08/2019
Film Review: Hail Satan?
★★★★☆ Act with compassion; protect personal freedom; respect bodily autonomy; maintain beliefs consistent with science: accept human fallibility; privilege wisdomContinue Reading