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Film Review: Parasite (2019)
An excellent cast slot naturally together and you find yourself admiring the close-knit Kim family as they scheme their way to a better life.
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Film Review: Booksmart (2019)
Olivia Wilde’s 2019 comedy, Booksmart, drawns on the gulf between the really studious at school and those who choose to party instead.
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Film Review: From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
From Up on Poppy Hill, Goro Miyazaki's 2011 film, centres around a main narrative thread but there are branches reaching out in other directions.
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Film Review: The Wind Rises (2013)
The Wind Rises offers a fictionalised account of the life of Jiro Horikoshi (1903 - 1983) who was pivotal in Japanese aviation
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Film Review: In the Name of the Father (1993)
In the Name of the Father is based on the true story of the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven.
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Film Review: Monster’s Ball (2001)
In Marc Forster’s 2001 film, Monster’s Ball, we explore a multitude of relationships
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Film Review: Radioactive (2019)
Radioactive offers a summary of parts of Marie Curie’s life with Rosamund Pike taking on the lead role.
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Film Review: The Hidden Fortress (1958)
In Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 action adventure, The Hidden Fortress, we have a 2+ hours feature that centres around greed.
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Film Review: The Aviator’s Wife (1981)
The Aviator’s Wife is a romantic comedy/mystery film with a complicated love triangle and a spot of espionage thrown in.
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Film Review: Opening Night (1977)
In John Cassavetes’ 1977 drama, Opening Night, we find ourselves in the world of theatre and with one actor facing the twilight of their career.
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Film Review: Mad World (2016)
Wong Chun’s 2016 film, Mad World, offers a study of one example of mental illness and the impact this has not just on an individual but on those around them
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Film Review: A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place 2018 is set in a post-apocalyptic world where alien creatures roam the land.
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Film Review: Phantom Thread (2017)
The project became Day-Lewis’ final film before his unwanted retirement - Phantom Thread 2017
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Film Review: K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Kathryn Bigelow’s K-19: The Widowmaker 2002 offers one of many tales from this delicately balanced struggle between the two nations
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Film Review: An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Yasujiro Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon was released in 1962 and would turn out to be the director’s final film
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Film Review: Dunkirk (2017)
Set in 1940, Dunkirk explores the evacuation of British and French troops from France
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Film Review: Festen (1998)
Festen focuses on Helge (Henning Moritzen), who is about to celebrate his 60th birthday.
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Film Review: Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
Fahrenheit 11/9 opens with that fateful night in November 2016 when Hilary Clinton was supposed to become America’s first female president
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Film Review: Late Autumn (1960)
In Yasujiro Ozu’s Late Autumn we once again have a study of family and the relationship between the different generations
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Film Review: Wonder Woman (2017)
I’m so used to seeing men saving the day in films but Wonder Woman promised to flip the dynamic somewhat
