Red Joan (2019)
2019-04-20
The first time we see Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) she is pruning her bush. Garden shrub, not lady flower. InitialContinue Reading
Laila (1929)
2019-03-22
Fate and conscience are prominent themes in the first half of writer and director George Schnéevoigt’s silent movie adaptation ofContinue Reading
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
2019-02-16
“How long has this been going on?”, asks Joseph Rivers (Colman Domingo) after learning that his unmarried daughter Tish (KiKiContinue Reading
Widows (2018)
2018-11-10
Widows, based on the novel by Lynda La Plante, and previously adapted for a BBC television series, centres on theContinue Reading
A Star Is Born (2018)
2018-10-18
The title of Bradley Cooper’s impressive directorial debut (co-written with Will Fetters and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Forest Gump EricContinue Reading
Where do we go from here? (2015)
2018-09-26
Watching writer and director (and editor and executive producer and “Dog Poo Man”) John McPhail’s debut feature Where Do WeContinue Reading
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
2018-09-20
The title alone is enough to draw anyone in. Based on a best-selling novel and full to the brim ofContinue Reading
Swimming with Men (2018)
2018-07-02
What a way to end the 72nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film, directed by Oliver Parker is light, relevantContinue Reading
On Chesil Beach (2017)
2018-05-19
On Chesil Beach is a screen adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novella of the same name and Dominic Cooke’s directorial debut.Continue Reading
Love, Simon (2018)
2018-04-18
As he says in his opening voice-over, cute teenager Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) leads a “perfectly normal life” and isContinue Reading
Phantom Thread (2018)
2018-03-02
Phantom Thread has much in common with Call Me By Your Name in that both are slow burners about opposites whoContinue Reading
Finding Your Feet (2018)
2018-02-25
“Gravity hits us all,” says bohemian Bif (Celia Imrie) to her strait-laced sister Sandra (Imelda Staunton). “The challenge is toContinue Reading
A Ghost Story (2017)
2017-12-20
A Ghost Story was a very risky concept to imagine. David Lowery must have had nightmares about pitching his passion projectContinue Reading
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
2017-11-16
Off the back of Moonlight’s (or was it La La Land? Ha ha…..) success at last years Oscars, it’s almostContinue Reading