Emma Thompson can do no wrong. Nothing. Not a thing. Even if it’s heading to America to help Arnold Schwarzenegger deliver a fictitious baby in 1994’s Junior, she is pretty much magnificent in anything she…
Sudance London 2019
Sundance London 2019: The Farewell director/writer, Lulu Wang, on a film about a family lie – and Fleabag
Making a film based on personal experiences and, more crucially, those of your own family comes with built-in pitfalls. Especially if, like The Farewell’s writer and director Lulu Wang, it’s based on a family secret.…
Sundance London 2019 Film Review – The Farewell (2019)
Lulu Wang’s The Farewell opens with disarming honesty. The film, we’re told, is “based on an actual lie”, immediately posing the dilemma permeating every strand of this tender and heartfelt movie. What do you do…
Sundance London 2019 Film Review – Corporate Animals (2019)
Hands up if you’ve ever been on one of those hideous Outward Bound type team building courses. If you have, then you’ll be on uncomfortably familiar ground with Corporate Animals and you’ll know what the…
Sundance London 2019 Film Review – The Nightingale (2018)
Jennifer Kent’s directorial debut, The Babadook, announced the arrival of a formidable talent, paving the way for some of the more disturbing horror offerings of recent years. She’s back with The Nightingale, which premiered at…
Sundance London 2019 Film Review – Animals (2019)
And so it’s that time of year again: the heat is slowly unleashing its power upon us and now begins four months of moaning Brits complaining about sweaty tubes and buses (granted, we have much…
Sundance London 2019 Line Up Revealed – A Celebration Of Fearless Filmmaking
Sundance Film Festival has today revealed it’s 2019 line up for the Sundance London taking place 30 May until 2 June. Returning to its usual haunt of Picturehouse Central in London Central with the pick…