Tag Archives: Comedy

Brian and Charles (2022) Review

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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Review in Brief: Aftersun (2022)

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Charlotte Wells is a filmmaker unafraid to let a scene play out, to hold exactly as long as is required. AFTERSUN follows 31 year-old divorced dad Calum (Paul Mescal, sensational) and his daughter Sophie (Frankie Corio, an instant star), both … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Do Revenge (2022)

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

DO REVENGE is MEAN GIRLS meets STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, but with plenty of choice 90s needle drops. After a humiliating sex tape is leaked to her prep school, former queen bee Drea Torres (Camila Mendes) makes a deal with … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Brian and Charles (2022)

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This simply delightful Wallace and Gromit-riffing absurdist comedy from Jim Archer follows Brian (David Earl), a lonely inventor of useless things who makes himself a robot friend from a mannequin and a washing machine. The AI mind of the robot, … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Red Rocket (2021)

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Following TANGERINE and THE FLORIDA PROJECT, Sean Baker has delivered another sun-kissed tragicomic deconstruction of the American Dream focussed on another marginalised community. Moving from shining the spotlight on the experiences of trans sex workers to hotel homeless in his … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The cinema of kindness is always the most affecting for me, and Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth is a doozy in that regard. Films that cause tears to start flowing but not in a calculated and cynical way, instead … Continue reading →