Tag Archives: Craig Roberts

Review in Brief: Eternal Beauty (2019/20)

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Sam S-P

I always love films that look unflinchingly at mental illness but are also brave enough not to perpetuate the fallacy that someone with a mental health problems automatically becomes a saint. In Craig Roberts’ second complex directorial feature, Jane (a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Alice Lowe, Billy Piper, Craig Roberts, David Thewlis, Drama, Eternal Beauty, Penelope Wilton, Robert Pugh, Sally Hawkins | Leave a comment

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2016, Part 1

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Sam S-P

2016 has been a terrible year in the multiplexes, not to mention a particularly black one for art and entertainment in general. Blockbusters have rarely been so lacklustre or downright awful. Mercifully the indie film scene has had a far … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged 10 Cloverfield Lane, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Amy Adams, Anna Kendrick, Arrival, Bill Nighy, Blockbuster, Craig Roberts, Dad's Army, Dan Trachtenberg, David Lynch, Denis Villeneuve, Film, Independent Film, Jim Ward, Lotje Sodderland, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Movies, My Beautiful Broken Brain, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, Special Correspondents, The Fighter, The Fundamentals of Caring, The Neon Demon, Under the Shadow, Zac Efron | Leave a comment

Review: The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Sam S-P

I really want movies like this to do well. It’s great that Netflix is democratising filmmaking, allowing for talent and Adam Sandler to find an audience and bypass the Hollywood system. Of course not all of it can be gold, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Adam Sandler, Black Comedy, Comedy, Craig Roberts, Drama, Film, Jennifer Ehle, Megan Furguson, Movies, Netflix, Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, The Fundamentals of Caring | 1 Comment

Review: The Double (2013)

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Sam S-P

Surely it goes without saying by now that Richard Ayoade is one talented gent. I loved his feature directing debut SUBMARINE, and THE DOUBLE takes everything that worked in that film and amps it up, refines it, and takes it … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Black Comedy, Brazil, Chris Morris, Craig Roberts, Film, German Expressionism, Graham Linehan, Gravity, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Movies, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Richard Ayoade, Submarine, The Double, The IT Crowd, Tim Burton, Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige | Leave a comment

Fifteen Shades of Black: Part 1

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Sam S-P

This article was originally published on Subtitled Online May 2013 If there’s a single thing filmmakers working in Britain and Ireland do well it’s black comedy. Perhaps you can blame the awful weather – you have to find brightness in … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Subtitled Online | Tagged Alec Guinness, Alex Turner, Alice Lowe, Ben Wheatley, Billy Liar, Black Comedy, Brass Eye, Brendan Gleeson, Bunny and the Bull, Chris Morris, Christopher Eccleston, Craig Roberts, Danny Boyle, Don Cheadle, Ealing Comedy, Edward Hogg, Ewan McGregor, Father Ted, Film, Four Lions, Herbert Lom, Jesse Armstrong, Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, Kerry Fox, Kill List, Lethal Weapon, Liam Cunningham, Movies, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Paul King, Peep Show, Peter Sellers, Richard Ayoade, Sally Hawkins, Sam Bain, Shallow Grave, Sightseers, Steve Oram, Submarine, The Coen Brothers, The Guard, The Ladykillers, The Mighty Boosh, The Pink Panther, Yasmin Paige | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Craig Roberts

Review in Brief: Eternal Beauty (2019/20)

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2016, Part 1

Review: The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)

Review: The Double (2013)

Fifteen Shades of Black: Part 1

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