Sundance London 2016 Review – The Intervention
Clea DuVall stars, writes and directs The Intervention, a relationship comedy that sees her team-up with a variety of indie...
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Sundance London 2016 Review – Morris From America
Chad Hartigan writes and directs Morris from America, a coming of age chronicling thirteen-year old Morris’s (Markees Christmas) transition to...
Sundance London 2016 Review – Wiener-Dog
Todd Solondz writes and directs Wiener-Dog, his first film since 2011’s Dark Horse. The project takes the form of an...
Sundance London 2016 Review – Goat (2016)
Andrew Neel directs Goat, a visceral glimpse into the world of frat boy hazing starring Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas....
Film Review – Jane Got A Gun (2016)
Plagued by creative problems when it lost both director Lynne Ramsay and cast-members Michael Fassbender and Jude Law by Day...
Blu-Ray Review – Compulsion (1959)
The Leopold and Loeb case has been a source for inspiration for creatives since the play Rope in 1929. Alfred Hitchcock adapted the...
GFF 2016 Review – Experimenter (2015)
Inspired by the atrocities committed during World War II, social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted experiments into the dangerous power of...
DVD Review – The Green Inferno
Having initially been screened in mid-2014 and finding a US theatrical release six months ago, this one feels like it’s...
Blu-Ray Review – The Reflecting Skin (1990)
Some films are ripe for rediscovery and few are as fitting for a rediscovery than Philip Ridley's critically acclaimed but...
DVD Review – Mr Holmes (2015)
Ian McKellen exudes a sense of curmudgeonly charm in Bill Condon’s Mr Holmes, which sees an elderly version of the...
Win Buttercup Bill On DVD
A breakthrough performance from lead and co-director Remy Bennett, Buttercup Bill is a stylish, provocative and unflinching portrayal of infatuation...
Film Review – Irrational Man (2015)
About an hour or so into Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, Joaquin Phoenix’s alcoholic philosophy professor wryly dismisses much of his...
Film4 Frightfest 2015 Review – Shut In (2015)
Anna Rook is isolated from human contact in nearly every way, which is exactly how she likes it. Suffering from...
Film4 Frightfest 2015 Review – Madman (1982)
Joe Giannone’s 1982 film Madman arrived amidst the early 80’s boom in slasher pictures. John Carpenter’s Halloween popularised the “Teens...