Film Review: The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick is the thoroughly authentic and enjoyable romantic comedy written by Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani about their own experience meeting and…
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Film Review: The Trip to Spain (2017)
When Steve Coogan suggests, (I’m)”Not up-and-coming. I’ve arrived“, it’s all very amusing. This is about himself as the fictional character he plays in Michael Winterbottom‘s latest installment of The…
Film Review: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Over the 54 years in which the Planet of the Apes’ franchise has been evolving, it has fluctuated between brilliant and forgettable. Nothing highlights…
Review: National Theatre Live: Obsession (2017)
Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film Ossessione may be one of the lasting classics of Italian neo-realist cinema, but judging by Ivo van Hove’s clumsy adaptation…
Film Review: A Monster Calls (2016)
A Monster Calls begins with the explanation that its story starts “with a boy too old to be a kid, too young to be…
Film Review: Dunkirk (2017)
He may be one of the modern era’s most lauded directors, but a rare gripe for Christopher Nolan’s films has been that they are…
Film Review: Medicine of the Wolf (2015)
Through Medicine of the Wolf Julia Huffman gives voice to the forlorn inhabitants of Minnesota’s wolf country. After forty years of protection, wolves have…
Film Review: Descent Into the Maelstrom (2017)
The heady days of the Aussie rock scene circa 1970s must be a favourite subject of Jonathan Sequeira, for his debut film he has…
Film Review: Baxter and Me (2016)
“Lovers have come and gone, but i’ve always loved dogs” – Gillian Leahy Dog lovers can be prepared for the must see, tear-jerker documentary,…
Film Review: The Black Prince (2017)
Based on the true story of Maharajah Duleep Singh, King of Punjab, The Black Prince, directed by Kavi Raz, explores how the British planned…