Film Review: Breaking Habits (2018)
In the town of Merced, California a small but growing sisterhood of like-minded nuns has formed. They’re the Sisters of the Valley, in the…
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Film Review: NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019)
Simon Russell Beale may be one of the pre-eminent Shakespearean actors of today, but it seems even someone of his presence can be let…
Film Review: Thunder Road (2018)
Thunder Road is a deeply humanistic film. Starring, directed and written by Jim Cummings, it focuses on a man – who is a son,…
Film Review: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Director Terry Gilliam returns with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, his latest feature film and the one he has been trying to make…
Film Review: Crime Wave (2018)
This is the second year in a row that the Spanish Film Festival has announced itself by previewing a Maribel Verdu-led black comedy, and…
Film Review: Burning (2018)
Burning is (forgive the pun) a slow-burn. It is loosely based on the short story ‘Barn Burning’ by eccentric and celebrated Japanese novelist Haruki…
Film Review: The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as Lisa Spinelli in The Kindergarten Teacher, a story of poetry, obsession and projection on a very personal and uncomfortable level….
Film Review: The Aftermath (2019)
Five months after the Nazi Empire surrendered to the Allies, Hamburg is the skeleton of a city. The promise of the Thousand Year Reich…
Film Review: The Hole in the Ground (2019)
In the last few years horror films have developed a fascination with parental anxiety. Perhaps it’s the reality of climate change sparking fear about…
Film Review: Mid90s (2018)
Have we reached the stage where the ‘90s are officially nostalgic now? It appears so, with the aptly titled Mid90s taking audiences back to a…