For the latest reviews of arthouse, documentary and indie film in cinemas and on the festival circuit.
★★★★★ Sophie Fiennes returns with yet another fascinating character study, blending slick concert footage with impromptu, intimate filming of musicianContinue Reading
★★★★☆ A young chef tries to booze and bang the pain away in director Peter Mackie Burns’ engaging, charming comicContinue Reading
★★★★★ David Lynch hasn’t embarked on a major film project since the release of Inland Empire back in 2006. ElevenContinue Reading
★★★★☆ Independent filmmaker Alex Barrett has documented the mundanity and the beauty of city life in his silent film LondonContinue Reading
★★★★☆ Set on a sheep farm amid the Yorkshire dales, Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country is a simple romance thatContinue Reading
In many ways, the beauty of Francis Lee’s feature-length debut God’s Own Country lies in its simplicity. The plot centresContinue Reading
★★★★☆ Golf is a gentleman’s game with oddly democratic principles. Its emphasis on precision over might allows young and oldContinue Reading
When there’s a monster on the loose, all manner of behaviour becomes reasonable. You can check under the bed eachContinue Reading
★★★☆☆ Some films manage to generate a sense of grandeur on a shoestring budget, whilst others somehow feel like indieContinue Reading
★★★★☆ Great music documentaries capture bands in the ups and downs of their profession: glorified and cheered in the stageContinue Reading
★★★★☆ In his 2012 film A Separation, Asghar Farhadi created a gripping and deeply affecting study of how a familyContinue Reading
★★★☆☆ It’s possible that there’s more to life than meets the eye; that we survive physical death and live onContinue Reading
★★★☆☆ If the ongoing franchise juggernaut of J.K. Rowling’s magical fantasy is anything to go by, the world just can’tContinue Reading
★★★☆☆ If you’ve ever been stuck in an airport lounge, motorway service station or transit hub hotel, you might feelContinue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Ah, the lighthouse: visual metaphor of masculine vanity, anti-shipwreck device, and home to a solitary lighthouse keeper, desperate forContinue Reading