Film Review: Chappaquiddick (2017)
byThe fates were particularly cruel to the Kennedy family in the 20th century. Everyone knows about John F. Kennedy’s infamous motorcade through downtown Dallas,…
Festivals
Film Review: Abracadabra (2017)
byPablo Berger’s latest film is an apt choice to launch this year’s Spanish Film Festival, even if it isn’t Spain’s most impressive output. If…
Film Review: Columbus (2017)
by“I believe if there’s any kind of God it wouldn’t be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space…
Film Review: Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
by“Born Vera Jayne Palmer. Becomes a Broadway Star. Moves to Hollywood, with a 40-G Cup bra. Refused Miss Rowuefort Cheese, accepts Miss Photo Flash….
Film Review: See You Up There (2017)
byTranslating Pierre Lemaitre’s epic, Prix Goncourt winning novel, Au revoir là–haut (See You Up There), to the screen is no easy feat. Though the…
Film Review: Breathe (2017)
byWhat kind of film do you imagine when you hear the words “Andy Serkis‘ directorial debut”? The man who was at the vanguard of…
Film Review: Spacewalkers (2017)
bySomething everyone forgets about the Space Race is that the Soviets won almost every part of it, except the big one. The USA were…
Film Review: Uncle Vanya (1970)
byOne of the many things that seem indispensable to the Russian identity is its writers. As the adage goes Russia is the world’s most…
Film Review: The Journey (2016)
byOctober 2006. For forty years Northern Ireland had been engulfed in a proxy guerrilla war between the Ulster Loyalists and the Irish Republicans. In…
Film Review: That Good Night (2017)
byAs one of his last feature roles before his death, John Hurt’s performance in That Good Night is a real case of ‘art imitates…