LFF 2023 Review: Shortcomings – “Randall Park’s directorial debut about young Asian Americans evokes the spirit of 90s slacker comedies”
Actor Randall Park’s directorial debut Shortcomings about young Asian Americans in Berkeley evokes the spirit of 90s slacker comedies....
Read MoreLFF 2023 Review: All Of Us Strangers – “A beautifully tender supernatural romantic drama.”
Past and present live side by side in Andrew Haigh’s beautifully tender supernatural romantic drama. The film is based on the 1987 book...
Read MoreLFF 2023 Review: Power Alley (Levante) – “The film is a rallying call for bodily autonomy and queer sisterhood”
Intersectional feminist solidarity fights back hard against religious conservatism in this confronting debut feature by Brazilian director...
Read MoreReview – Woolf Women: Now or Never – “These are incredible, brave women”
Downhill skating switches ramps and skate parks for the thrill and danger of the open road. Boarders can reach speeds of 150 miles per...
Read MoreReview: Spirited – “A big-hearted, silly seasonal romp”
Another year, another opportunity to riff on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This modern twist is brought to you in the shape of...
Read MoreLFF 2022 Review: Meet Me In The Bathroom – “The documentary’s strength is in the archive footage”
Named after The Strokes’ song, Meet Me in the Bathroom is a documentary about the rise of the New York City indie scene in the late...
Read MoreLFF 2022 Review: The Eternal Daughter – “atmospheric, melancholy, musing on memory, creativity and regret”
Tilda Swinton plays a mother and daughter in writer-director Joanna Hogg’s follow-up to The Souvenir and The Souvenir Part II. The Eternal...
Read MoreLFF 2022 Review: Aftersun – “The portrait of a father-daughter relationship works so well”
Bitter-sweet memories of a sun-soaked late ‘90s holiday burn brightly in writer-director Charlotte Wells’ impressive debut feature. The...
Read MoreReview: Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve To Exist
The debut micro-budget feature film by Manchester-based writer-director Brett Gregory looks at a man’s life at three different times...
Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: The Wolf Suit – “A bold, often raw piece of work”
The nature of memory and conflicting recollections are examined in forensic detail in filmmaker Sam Firth’s debut feature-length...
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