Tag Archives: Jessie Buckley

Review in Brief: Women Talking (2022)

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It’s a clear sign of writer-director Sarah Polley’s skill and awareness that her beautiful, hard-hitting and verbose piece about processing sexual assault isn’t wall-to-wall misery. Yes, the debate this community of Mennonite women are having is important and will change … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS is challenging, elusive, indulgent, alienating – a Charlie Kaufman film, in short. Like pretty much all of his work, reality is brought into question minute by minute, nobody ends up playing exactly the same character … Continue reading →

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Review: Beast (2017/18)

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

BEAST is just my jam. It’s a dark – bleak even – horror-mystery set in a far-flung and beautiful corner of the UK. It’s also a family drama where the family doesn’t enter into it much, because our lead would … Continue reading →

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