Film Review: The Heiresses (2018)
Times have been better for long-time partners Chela (Ana Brun) and Chiquita (Margarita Irún), both heiresses of wealthy Paraguayan families. What these lovers have…
Film Review: All Is True (2018)
Approach William Shakespeare in isolation from his plays and expect to lace your story with a large amount of conjecture. Writer Ben Elton should…
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: 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: Woman at War (2018)
The setting for a film titled Woman at War in any other country would almost be self-explanatory, but in Iceland you can be assured…
Film Review: Sometimes Always Never (2018)
Perhaps you’ve fancied yourself as a Scrabble player at one point or another, but chances are you haven’t sampled the vocabulary (or lexicon) that…
Film Review: Everybody Knows (2018)
Asghar Farhadi has done everything right for Everybody Knows —almost. He’s got the postcard-perfect rural Spanish town, the star-studded cast, the promising and pulsing trailer,…
Film Review: Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Put Happy Death Day 2U down to a case of a studio cashing in on a surprise hit, but you can’t blame a guy…
Film Review: At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
The life and death of Vincent Van Gogh has been an obsession of the art world for 128 years now, and still the vision…
Film Review: Glass (2019)
A few years ago M. Night Shyamalan foreshadowed a return to his past in the final moments of his surprise hit, Split. If you’re…