Film Review – A Brixton Tale (2021)
It’s a film of two stories. On screen, A Brixton Tale spotlights social divisions and strained loyalties but behind the scenes is...
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Film Review – Shorta (2020)
There’s a breath-catching echo about the opening sequence of Shorta (known as Enforcement in other parts of the world). A...
Film Review – Wildland (2020)
After being hit between the eyes by its startling opening image – the aftermath of the car crash which sets...
Film Review – Limbo (2020)
It’s a landscape that takes no prisoners. The wind howls constantly, blasting everything in its path: there’s no trees and...
Film Review – Riders Of Justice (2020)
It’s a Mads Mikkelsen summer. OK, there hasn’t been an official announcement, but the arrival of his two most recent...
Film Review – Jumbo (2020)
There’s a word for the passion at the centre of Zoe Wittock’s feature debut, Jumbo. And that word is objectophilia...
Film Review – Surge (2020)
That moment when your card is declined. You’ve swiped, you’ve entered your pin and still it doesn’t want to know....
Film Review – First Cow (2019)
Anybody who’s seen a Kelly Reichardt film will appreciate the irony of UK audiences having to wait nearly two years...
Film Review – The Swordsman (2020)
Tae-yul (Jang Hyuk) lives with his daughter, Tae-ok (Kim Hyun-Soo) in relative seclusion after he started to lose his sight...
Film Review – Black Bear (2020)
Spoiler-free reviews are essential for certain films – and we’re not just talking mega superhero ones. Nobody wants their viewing...
Film Review – The Mauritanian (2021)
Guantanamo Bay. A name that conjures all kinds of images - orange suits, shackles, sleep deprivation, water boarding. All features...
BFI Flare 2021 Film Review – Sweetheart (2021)
That holiday romance we never forget. The teenage coming of age story, with all its angst and conflict. Movie tropes...
BFI London Flare Film Festival Review – Cowboys (2020)
Screened (digitally) as part of the BFI London Flare LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2021, Cowboys gives a voice to children struggling...
Frightfest Glasgow 21 – Film Review – Vicious Fun (2020)
An early 80's horror writer disturbs a deadly nest of serial killers. Joel, a horror movie critic for a major...