Film Review: Ladies in Black (2018)
It was the mid 1990s when prolific director Bruce Beresford first read Madeleine St John‘s novel The Women in Black, so almost a quarter of a century…
Film Review: Boys Cry (2018)
Organised crime was never on the radar for young lads Mirko (Matteo Olivetti) and Manolo (Andrea Carpenzano). Down and out in suburban Rome, they’re…
Film Review: Christopher Robin (2018)
Are people not as friendly as they were? Are they losing sight of their priorities? It’s a good question that Britain’s small population of…
Film Review: Domestique (2018)
It was suggested before seeing Domestique, the debut film from Czech writer-director Adam Sedlák, that a hug would be a fitting consolation at the end….
Film Review: The Breaker Upperers (2018)
Jen (Jackie van Beek) and Mel (Madeleine Sami) don’t have a lot of faith in the relationship gig. They’ve been disappointed before and have…
Review: National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018)
I can only imagine how daunting it must be to contemplate adapting the Scottish play for stage and then wonder how on earth you…
Film Review: See You Up There (2017)
It’s hard to know what to feel when emerging from See You Up There, the ambitious new film from Albert Dupontel – writer, director,…
Film Review: Mary Shelley (2017)
Putting an author biopic to screen is fraught with danger. You know the name, you know the book they’re known for. That story is…
Film Review: The Bookshop (2018)
Who wouldn’t like a bookshop in their main street? What kind of sociopath would it take to oppose such an innocent undertaking? These are…
Film Review: On Body and Soul (2017)
Endre (Géza Morcsányi) is a withdrawn man. He remembers the active life he used to live when he had two functioning arms and now,…