Review: Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve To Exist
The debut micro-budget feature film by Manchester-based writer-director Brett Gregory looks at a man’s life at three different times...
Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: The Wolf Suit – “A bold, often raw piece of work”
The nature of memory and conflicting recollections are examined in forensic detail in filmmaker Sam Firth’s debut feature-length...
Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: Petite Maman – “Utterly charming”
Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a quieter and more playful film. But despite its lean running time of...
Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: Language Lessons – “A bittersweet film that will resonate with our need for connection after long months apart”
Stories featuring Zoom have been a growing trope of filmmaking in the time of Covid-19. But Natalie Morales’ debut feature deftly avoids...
Read MoreReview – WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc
Director Gio Arlotta’s WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc walks the path set up by the likes of Anvil: Story of Anvil and Searching For...
Read MoreLFF 2020 Review: Shirley – “Full of mystery and sardonic wit”
Shirley is a snapshot of one convention-busting woman’s life as captured by another unconventional storyteller. Josephine Decker’s fourth...
Read MoreLFF 2020 Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia – “The performances spark feelings of universal euphoria”
Three decades on from Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense – Spike Lee captures every beat of the joy,...
Read MoreLFF 2020 Review: Kajillionaire – “A funny, odd, hug of a film”
Miranda July has built a career on exploring the interior worlds of outsiders. Kajillionaire, her third feature, and the first since...
Read MoreReview: Hope Gap – “A dialogue-heavy three-hander”
Marriage in crisis remains fertile ground for filmmakers. Like Noah Baumbauch, whose personal experience of divorce in childhood and then...
Read MoreReview: Emma. – “A handsome and breezy ensemble romp”
Adapting a literary classic comes with the greatest of expectations. Especially when it’s already been done many times before. Shout out...
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