Review: Teenage Kicks – “A sensitive and fresh take on the coming of age tale”
Teenage Kicks is the debut feature from short filmmaker Craig Boreham. The Australian film is a great coming of age story that kept me...
Read MoreReview – Thor: Ragnarok – “A fantastic freewheeling and far out flipping funny fantasy film”
Chris Hemsworth (Rush) returns as Thor in the Marvel hero’s third solo film – Thor: Ragnarok. I say “solo”, but the God of Thunder...
Read MoreReview: The Death of Stalin – “Unmissable”
Like a Dostoyevsky novel, trying to retain the names of a Russian troupe of characters can often be tricky. However, it’s also safe...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: You Were Never Really Here – “A new level of riveting, disturbing brilliance”
After being consecrated as one of the most exciting filmmakers working today with her critical darling third feature We Need To Talk About...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: The Shape of Water – “A triumph”
Guillermo del Toro has returned with another deliciously visual modern fable, The Shape of Water. This time, the setting is an underground...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri – “A masterpiece”
The London Film Festival closing film is Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri and they really did save the best for last with this...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Call Me By Your Name – “An emotional masterpiece”
Some films are meant to haunt viewers for days, begging to be seen again in order to peel the multiple layers of their narrative nuances...
Read MoreReview: Replace – “A thrilling psychological body horror”
Replace is written and directed by Norbert Keil (Quartered at Dawn) and stars Rebecca Forsythe (The Bronx Bull), Lucie Aron (Berlin...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: The Shape Of Water – “A dazzling achievement”
The Shape of Water is, of course, Guillermo Del Toro’s latest film. Although all his films are deeply personal, it feels like his...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Journeyman – “A beautiful and powerful film”
The ridiculously talented Paddy Considine has made a new film, and he’s only gone and written, directed and starred in it (and nailed each...
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