Category Archives: Film Review
Review in Brief: The Last Duel (2021)
Ridley Scott still does this kind of thing incredibly well. In a brutal and unflinching story, Lady Marguerite de Carrouges (Jodie Comer) accuses Jacques Le Gris (Adam Dtiver) of rape, causing her husband Sir Jean (Matt Damon) to call for … Continue reading
Review in Brief: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)
In 1971, child actor Björn Andrésen starred in Luchino Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE and was proclaimed by the director as “The most beautiful boy in the world”. Andrésen’s experiences making that film and his subsequent catapulting to worldwide fame changed … Continue reading
No Time to Die (2021) Review
Review in Brief: The Green Knight (2021)
David Lowery’s Arthurian epic THE GREEN KNIGHT, the most visually stunning film of the year, is finally here for British audiences to experience. In this retelling of the epic poem complete with rhymes, symbolism and ornate medieval inter-titles, Gwain (Dev … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Shorta (2020)
Slickly executed, punchy and almost unbearably tense, SHORTA really makes an impact in a world where a frankly insane amount of people from minority communities are still losing their lives to police brutality. After a botched arrest in a Danish … Continue reading
Delphine’s Prayers (2021) Open City Documentary Festival Review
Songs for the River (2021) Open City Documentary Festival Review
Juste un mouvement (2021) Open City Documentary Festival Review
Review in Brief: The Toll (2021)
You don’t get a Welsh gangster film every day, but THE TOLL makes you feel that’s a damn shame. It’s low-key stylish and non-linear, like PULP FICTION if it wasn’t as pleased with itself, with a rich seam of gallows … Continue reading
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