Film Review – The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (2020)
Aaron Sorkin returns to the director’s chair in a week when Netflix dominates the release schedule. The Trial Of The...
Cinema
Film Review – Monsoon (2019)
Henry Golding plays Kit, a 30-something returning to Saigon for the first time in many decades. He had lived there...
Film Review – 23 Walks (2020)
Take a look at that poster. Soft focus, later life love story, you can see all the grey market clichés...
Film Review – Rocks (2019)
Bursting onto the scene like a bolt from the blue, Sarah Gavron’s Rocks has well and truly arrived. After a...
Film Review – Bill & Ted Face The Music (2020)
“Dude!” Yes, finally, the most excellent and bogus adventure is back and, after decades of will-they, won’t-they, the Wyld Stallyns...
Film Review – Nocturnal (2019)
It’s the indie film maker’s location of choice – of late, at least. Seaside towns of the less than picturesque...
Film Review – Saint Maud (2019)
Private palliative care nurse Maud brings her next-level piety into the atheistic abode of Amanda, a dying dance diva. Convinced...
Film Review – The Painted Bird (2019)
A controversial 2019 Czech film with international cast that infamously made half of the audience in Venice leave the theatre,...
Film Review – The Roads Not Taken (2020)
This week sees Sally Potter's new film released in UK cinemas (still wonderful to write that after so many months...
Film Review – The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)
It goes without saying that the current pandemic has wreaked havoc with the cinema release schedules, with some titles suffering...
Film Review – Savage (2019)
In the turbulence of the 21st century, New Zealand is often seen as a beacon of hope – a peaceful,...
Film Review – The New Mutants (2020)
Let’s not dwell too much on The New Mutants’ tortuous journey to cinema screens. Suffice to say its eventual arrival...
Film Review – Les Miserables (2019)
It’s been a stellar year for films in languages other than English. Parasite’s awards success was a wake-up call, a...
Film Review – Hope Gap (2019)
The dissolvement of a marriage is never an easy thing to navigate for anyone: whether spouse, offspring, sibling, or extended...