LFF 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...
Read MoreLFF 2020 Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia – “The performances spark feelings of universal euphoria”
Three decades on from Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense – Spike Lee captures every beat of the joy,...
Read MoreLFF 2020 Review: Kajillionaire – “A funny, odd, hug of a film”
Miranda July has built a career on exploring the interior worlds of outsiders. Kajillionaire, her third feature, and the first since...
Read MoreReview: Hope Gap – “A dialogue-heavy three-hander”
Marriage in crisis remains fertile ground for filmmakers. Like Noah Baumbauch, whose personal experience of divorce in childhood and then...
Read MoreReview: Emma. – “A handsome and breezy ensemble romp”
Adapting a literary classic comes with the greatest of expectations. Especially when it’s already been done many times before. Shout out...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Babyteeth – “A very grown-up kind of teenage indie drama”
The highs and lows of first love are amplified by terminal illness in Australian director Shannon Murphy’s debut feature. Babyteeth is a...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Rocks
Director Sarah Gavron’s latest feature Rocks walks a seamless line between energetic coming-of-age and social realism. The film...
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