Tag Archives: Historical Drama

Review: Dunkirk (2017)

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

Some directors just need to get a film out of their systems. For Steven Spielberg it was SCHINDLER’S LIST, for Christopher Nolan it is surely DUNKIRK. The French coastline, May 1940. With the Allied army surrounded and with the sea … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: A United Kingdom (2016)

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

There’s not a whole lot wrong with A UNITED KINGDOM, but at the same time there’s also very little to set the world on fire. You can imagine it becoming a firm favourite for cosy Sunday afternoon viewing in years … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review: The Handmaiden (2016)

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

THE HANDMAIDEN is unmistakably a Park Chan-wook film. A polished tale of control featuring sadistic torture and plot-reevaluating twists, this is far beyond the ordinary bodice-ripper. During the Japanese occupation of Korea, a thief (Kim Tae-ri) masquerades as a handmaiden … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review: Silence (2016)

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

The release of a new Martin Scorsese film is still something to mark on your calendar, but perhaps the undoubtedly ambitious guilt trek SILENCE was too personal for his own good. Two Portuguese Jesuits travel to Japan to investigate reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review: Risen (2016)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by

I don’t think we’ve ever had a Roman film noir before (please tell me if I’m wrong on that). If RISEN had lent more on these distinctive tropes or even retained a modicum of ambiguity by the end, it could … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Playing Catchup: The Masterpieces

Posted on August 2, 2016 by

It’s that time again: time for me to admit to some classic films I hadn’t until very recently seen, and how they have impacted me on my first watch. This time I thought I’d catch up on two that have … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review: Love & Friendship (2016)

Posted on June 14, 2016 by

It’s Jane Austen, but not quite as we know it. Whit Stillman’s LOVE & FRIENDSHIP adapts one of the titanically influential novelist’s lesser-known and unfinished stories (originally titled LADY SUSAN) and the result is a film that is both delicate … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Review: Brooklyn (2015)

Posted on May 9, 2016 by

If there was one thing I wasn’t expecting in a swooning transatlantic romance it was the sight of Saoirse Ronan humiliatingly relieving herself in a bucket. Said scene takes place during a harrowing stormy Atlantic crossing early on in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)

Posted on December 4, 2015 by

The thing about Steven Spielberg is that he’s consistent. A couple of clangers aside (and 1941 and A.I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE are at least terrible in interesting ways) you can usually rely on him to deliver something special. That goes double … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Review: Suffragette (2015)

Posted on October 22, 2015 by

By rights, there should have been more films made on the campaign for women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom by now. It’s a great story that is more relevant than ever today, and it’s completely dumbfounding that 2015 sees the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment