All Quiet On The Western Front – New Netflix adaptation highlights brutal lesson we failed to learn
Cinema
Atlantics
Social commentary is combined with a sense of the supernatural in Mati Diop’s acclaimed debut feature Atlantics (ICA) which is … [ Read More ]
La Belle Epoque
Love, memory and nostalgia come to the fore in Nicolas Bedos’s second feature La Belle Epoque (now on release), a … [ Read More ]
Marriage Story
A devastating portrait of marital breakdown is provided by Noah (The Squid and the Whale) Baumbach in his most personal … [ Read More ]
Beanpole
The psychological cost of total war is explored with great insight in Katemir Balagov’s award-winning second feature Beanpole (ICA cinema), … [ Read More ]
The Day Shall Come: penetrating yet poignant Chris Morris take on the war on terror
• This review contains spoilers The Day Shall Come by Chris Morris, the creator of satirical documentary series Brass Eye, … [ Read More ]
Pain and Glory
An ageing, afflicted and lone filmmaker, his eyes closed and back marked by a scar from a spine operation, dives … [ Read More ]
Bridesmaids Review:
If you walk into the cinema expecting Bridesmaids to be an unfunny, try-hard, chick flick equivalent of The Hangover, I’m … [ Read More ]
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
I have long been a fan of the late great poet/singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen so I was looking forward to seeing … [ Read More ]
The Cockleshell Heroes
This wartime film has some strange oddities that make stand out from many others, but many other elements that give … [ Read More ]
I Was Monty’s Double
There are many cases of authors making cameos as themselves in films. This film took it to another level.
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