Review: 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...
Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: Petite Maman – “Utterly charming”
Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a quieter and more playful film. But despite its lean running time of...
Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: Language Lessons – “A bittersweet film that will resonate with our need for connection after long months apart”
Stories featuring Zoom have been a growing trope of filmmaking in the time of Covid-19. But Natalie Morales’ debut feature deftly avoids...
Read MoreReview – WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc
Director Gio Arlotta’s WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc walks the path set up by the likes of Anvil: Story of Anvil and Searching For...
Read MoreLFF 2020 Review: Shirley – “Full of mystery and sardonic wit”
Shirley is a snapshot of one convention-busting woman’s life as captured by another unconventional storyteller. Josephine Decker’s fourth...
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