FILM REVIEW: Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)
2024-03-10
Sometimes I think about Dying is a low-key romantic comedy-drama about being a quiet person and being left out ofContinue Reading
TWO FINE DOCUMENTARIES: High and Low and Made in England, the Films of Powell & Pressburger
2024-03-10
Kevin MacDonald is the grandson of Emeric Pressburger – of Powell and Pressburger fame. He is also the Director ofContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Frank Capra: Mr America (2023)
2024-03-04
A fine documentary about Director Frank Capra, born to a Sicilian peasant family in Palermo, and raised as a boyContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023)
2024-03-04
A quiet, pretty, poetic Western with Viggo Mortensen and Vicky Krieps. This is a European-style love story set against theContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Argylle (2024)
2024-02-20
This is an enjoyable, meta, action film, written by Jason Fuchs and directed by Matthew Vaughan, which doesn’t take itselfContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: The Holdovers (2023) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2024-01-30
This gentle slice of life drama has been nominated for a slew of Oscars – and I’ll be rooting forContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Napoleon (2023)
2023-11-23
This 2023 epic by Ridley Scott starring Joaquin Phoenix doesn’t quite hit the mark. There are lots of patches leftContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Polite Society @ Glasgow Film Festival
2023-03-13
In an echo of Glasgow Film Festival’s opening gala film Girl, the closing gala film is also a debut feature.Continue Reading
FILM REVIEW: BlackBerry (2023) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2023-03-11
Blackberry is a Canadian biopic about the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone, with Jay Baruchel, Matt JohnsonContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Chevalier @ Glasgow Film Festival ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2023-03-08
Chevalier is based on the true story of mixed race composer and violinist Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jnr), who lived,Continue Reading
FILM REVIEW: The End of Sex @ Glasgow Film Festival
2023-03-05
A Canadian sex comedy from the pen of Jonas Chernick (Ashgrove, James vs. His Future Self). Married couple Josh (playedContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Adopting Audrey (2021)
2023-03-05
Adopting Audrey has some depth and charm. It stars Jena Malone as an impoverished young woman who is alienated fromContinue Reading
FILM REVIEW: Girl @ Glasgow Film Festival
2023-03-02
British-Nigerian writer-director and actor Adura Onashile’s Girl opens the Glasgow Film Festival 2023. It’s a poignant, slow-paced portrait of theContinue Reading
REVIEW: Cyrano de Bergerac @ National Theatre Live ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2022-09-18
Cyrano de Bergerac is a classic tale of love, lies and loneliness that has been told many times before inContinue Reading