Review: Vice – “Exposes the shenanigans rife in the corridors of power”
Written and directed by Adam McKay (The Big Short), Vice tells the story of the rise to power of Dick Cheney, the vice president to George...
Read MoreReview: Tehran Taboo – “A glimpse into a society most of us don’t see in cinema”
Pari (Elmira Rafizadeh) is a single mother in Tehran, struggling to look after her mute young son Elias (Bilal Yasar), while her worthless...
Read MoreLFF talks to Oscar-winning cinematographer Dion Beebe about his work on Mary Poppins Returns and Ang Lee’s cutting-edge latest
Mary Poppins Returns is still just about on general release in the UK, and if you haven’t had the pleasure yet then get yourself down to...
Read MoreReview: Glass – “A smashing psychological superhero movie”
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Village), Glass rounds out his series of superhero films that we didn’t...
Read MoreReview: Josie – “Keeps viewers on the edge of their seats”
“There’s all sorts of stories. Happy ones. Sad ones. Pathetic ones. Mine.” Thus launches the story of thriller film Josie, and you can bet...
Read MoreReview: Dry Blood – “A surreal horror-thriller murder mystery”
DRY BLOOD is a surreal horror-thriller murder mystery directed by Kelton Jones (Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp’s cinematographer) and...
Read MoreShhhhhh: LFF talks in hushed tones with A Quiet Place cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Directed by John Krasinski, who also stars alongside his real-life wife Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place is an incredibly tense horror-thriller...
Read MoreReview: 1945 – “Simmers slowly through deep emotions of guilt, anger and grief”
Directed by Ferenc Török. Starring Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki, Iván Angelus, Marcell Nagy. If someone...
Read MoreReview: Dario Argento’s Opera – “So distinctive and visceral”
Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Ian Charleson, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, William McNamara. A...
Read MoreReview: Stan and Ollie – “It celebrates the pure joy that Laurel and Hardy brought to millions”
This is one of 2019’s films which I have been eagerly awaiting. I should explain that my father ensured as a youngster that I was...
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