Pure (TV Series 2019– )
2019-02-03
Channel 4 attempts to break new grounds by covering the subject of ‘Pure O’ with its new comedy-drama, Pure. WithContinue Reading
Green Book (2018)
2019-01-31
Inspired by the unlikely friendship between a graceful black musician and a streetwise white bouncer, and taking its name fromContinue Reading
Vice (2018)
2019-01-28
Since his directorial debut with Anchorman back in 2004, Adam McKay’s transformation into one of Hollywood’s most celebrated and interestingContinue Reading
The Mule (2018)
2019-01-28
The confident, quick, unpretentious filmmaking of Clint Eastwood’s late career can result in anything, and quality is not always guaranteed.Continue Reading
Black ’47 (2018)
2019-01-28
“You can almost understand why there’s still so much hatred towards us.” My mother, an English woman, said this toContinue Reading
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
2019-01-23
So there we have it: all men are bastards. Or as Queen Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie) more eloquently put it:Continue Reading
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
2019-01-09
Free Fire (2016), Ben Wheatley’s previous film, is set during an arms deal that goes south quickly and nastily, devolvingContinue Reading
The Favourite (2018)
2019-01-05
Costume dramas are often dry affairs. All pursed lips and starched collars with the occasional heaving breast to counteract theContinue Reading
Bird Box (2018)
2019-01-05
Bar a few contrived plot twists – two strangers who give birth within minutes of one another; and the ultimateContinue Reading
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
2019-01-05
The Robert Zemeckis project of integrating life and animation into a whole world, a world in which the distinction betweenContinue Reading
First Reformed (2018)
2018-12-31
Gripping, emotional and refreshingly invigorating, First Reformed has been hailed by many critics as a directorial comeback for Paul Schrader.Continue Reading
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
2018-12-28
Black Mirror has returned! The series we all know and love for making us question our use of technology andContinue Reading
Roma (2018)
2018-12-19
Alfonso Cuarón’s last two English-language films, Children of Men (2005) and Gravity (2013), reveal him to be an extraordinarily giftedContinue Reading
Stan & Ollie (2018)
2018-12-19
As a comedy it’s more smile-inducing than belly laugh-provoking. As a drama it’s more restrained than gripping. As a result,Continue Reading