Film Review: Roma (2018)
byRoma appears to be the biggest independent hit of this year. So avant-garde that Netflix is not only producing it, but giving it a…
Festivals
Film Review: Jumpman (2018)
byJumpman gets its title from the main activity around which the film is framed: a boy, Denis (Denis Vlasenko), who leaps in front of…
Film Review: My Generation (2017)
byFeaturing interviews with some of the icons of Britain in the 60s and a soundtrack ripped straight from the collection of Radio Caroline’s record…
Film Review: Boys Cry (2018)
byOrganised 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: Domestique (2018)
byIt 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: McQueen (2018)
by“Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life” – Bill Cunningham. Renowned in both the fashion and artistic worlds, for they…
Film Review: Leave No Trace (2018)
byLeave No Trace is a new film by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), which has a similar exploration of a father and daughter’s relationship. Originally…
Film Review: What Will People Say (2017)
byIram Haq’s What Will People Say is a harrowingly personal film. Nisha (Maria Mozhdah) is a 16-year-old Norwegian who’s susceptible to the allures of…
Film Review: In Times of Fading Light (2017)
byIn Times of Fading Light is a film about two things: a communist party member’s 90th birthday, and his once great party and political…
Film Review: Outside In (2017)
byNominated at SXSW and selected at Toronto Film Festival 2017, Outside In is a new drama by Lynn Shelton is dominated by the leads Carol (Edie Falco)…