Film Review: National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)
byLast year the United Kingdom was forced into quite an embarrassing retreat over its treatment of some members of the Windrush generation, so named…
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Film Review: Who You Think I Am (2019)
byMost would think Juliette Binoche has nothing to worry about, but it seems Claire, her onscreen persona in Safy Nebbou’s Who You Think I…
Film Review: Ophelia (2019)
byFans have shown a particular taste for revisionism this year, with the ending to Game of Thrones riling even the most patient of viewers…
Film Review: Defend, Conserve, Protect (2019)
byThe documentary Defend, Conserve, Protect has a simple purpose. Its title is the motto for Sea Shepherd, the not-for-profit organisation battling maritime slaughter, most…
Film Review: The White Crow (2019)
byThe ballet dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev has been described as the greatest dancer of his generation. Born on a Trans-Siberian train in 1938…
Film Review: A White, White Day (2019)
byThe title of writer-director Hlynur Palmason’s film A White, White Day, fresh from an impressive reception at Cannes, invokes an Icelandic proverb to introduce an…
Film Review: Child’s Play (2019)
byWhere do we put Chucky, the homicidal doll, in the pantheon of horror villains? In essence he will always be an elaborate piss-take, a…
Film Review: Never Look Away (2018)
byTake a glance over a biography of German artist Gerhard Richter and you can understand how writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmark might have been dazzled…
Film Review: Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
byLazzaro (Adriano Tardiolo) shouldn’t be as content as he is. He is exploited by just about everyone he knows — all the way from…
Film Review: The Heiresses (2018)
byTimes have been better for long-time partners Chela (Ana Brun) and Chiquita (Margarita Irún), both heiresses of wealthy Paraguayan families. What these lovers have…