BFI London Film Festival 2018 Review: Sorry To Bother You – “Margaret Atwood territory with a dash of Monty Python”
The word ‘genius’ is so casually thrown around that when a work of real genius arrives, it can get overlooked. Sorry To Bother You is a...
Read MoreReview: Pitch Perfect 3 – “A light, feel-good comedy”
Once upon a time, a film was just a film. Then, in the last thirty years, two distinct sub-sets emerged: boy films and girl films. Many...
Read MoreReview – Star Wars: The Last Jedi gives us everything and more
SPOILERS GALORE There was a special kind of camaraderie at 3AM this morning, as the thrall left the cinema, rolling out into the cold...
Read MoreReview: The Florida Project – “A dark and funny modern fairytale”
Bright purple and pink buildings stretch out to the sky. Crumbling breezeblocks painted to defiantly stand out, well aware that they...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Wonderstruck – “Like nothing else at the cinema”
Wonderstruck is a well-named movie. It’s also a rewarding watch for viewers willing to immerse themselves within its confusing...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: The Meyerowitz Stories – “Tales well told”
Dustin Hoffman found himself stepping in to defend Noah Baumbach when the writer/director was (I suspect, not for the first time) asked if...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Michael Haneke’s Happy End – “Fills us with voyeuristic guilt”
Sometimes it is necessary to read other reviews prior to writing one. The fear of accidental plagiarism is overruled by the desire to...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Stronger – “One man’s experience of triumph over adversity”
Boston. Home of a much-mimicked accent, the ducks, major sports teams and the place where everybody knows your name. It is a city that has...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Loveless – “A haunting, difficult watch”
“On with the song,” says a character in Loveless, inexplicably aiming for levity but failing to land, as he stumbles through a...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Gemini – “Thrilling, suffocating, and moody”
Gemini starts with a black screen, then cuts to a girl holding an iPhone in a car, moonlight catching her face, as psychedelic electronica...
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