Review: A Monster Calls
It was 9 am in the morning last October when I saw A Monster Calls at the BFI London Film Festival’s press screening and despite the early...
Read MoreJames Schamus talks about his directorial debut, Indignation
Right before meeting Mr. James Schamus, I got overwhelmed with the eponymous “never meet your heroes” myth. After all, it’s hard not to...
Read MoreReview: Indignation
It is a mere coincidence in the UK theatrical distribution calendar, yet an interesting one nonetheless, that within the span of a week,...
Read MoreReview: American Pastoral
Preposterous comments about big stars and their hitch to transition behind the camera simply don’t apply to American Pastoral. Despite...
Read MoreReview: I, Daniel Blake – “As important and powerful as cinema can get”
It is hard to imagine the British film industry in the current sociopolitical climate without the contribution of Ken Loach’s...
Read More2016 London Film Festival Review: Paterson
Jim Jarmusch’s cinema has never been renowned to draw mainstream audiences yet here’s to hope that casting one of Hollywood’s...
Read MoreDVD Review: Equals
One of the most interesting filmmakers working today in American independent cinema, Drake Doremus returns with Equals, a sci-fi dystopian...
Read MoreAlex Lawther talks to Live for Films about Departure
It almost feels kind of reductive to call young British thespian Alex Lawther a rising star. When you start off your career in a David...
Read MoreReview: Free State Of Jones – “A gripping, thought-provoking and eerily current piece of epic cinema”
Back when I’d learned that freshly appointed Oscar winner Matthew McCounaghey was going to star in a civil war drama from multi...
Read MoreBlu-ray Review: Green Room
In 2013, with his incredibly taut revenge thriller Blue Ruin Jeremy Saulnier was hailed as a new, exciting genre auteur in the American...
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