Memories of a Burning Body Review
Antonella Sundasassi Furniss’ docudrama Memories of a Burning Body explores female sexuality during a repressive era in Costa Rica. The...
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Smile 2 Review
Smile defied expectations upon its release in 2022, thanks to its viral marketing campaign and twisty narrative that utilised everything...
Look Back Review
Looking back on the past and wishing things had played out differently is something I believe we all engage in....
Film Review – Crossing (2024)
Crossing is one of those small, intimate stories that ends up feeling momentous and significant precisely because of how well...
Film Review – Kill (2024)
The title certainly gets straight to the point. It would be deeply unsurprising if the pitch for Kill were “The...
Film Review – The Goldfinger (2023)
Tony Leung and Andy Lau and 2 of the best actors of all time and Infernal Affairs is debatably one...
Film Review – One Life (2023)
The media dubbed him “The British Schindler”. Nicholas Winton’s story came to light in the late 80s but, until then,...
Film Review – Raging Grace (2023)
After a year when British debut directors have found themselves firmly in the spotlight, 2023 draws to close with a...
Film Review – Next Goal Wins (2023)
In 2001, American Samoa took on Australia in a World Cup qualifier. Nobody expected them to beat The Socceroos,...
Sundance London 2023 review – ages (2023)
Warmth and beautiful observation have characterized Ira Sachs’ best films – Love Is Strange and Little Men in particular –...
Film Review – Holy Spider (2022)
Back in 2001, Iranian construction worker Saeed Hanaei was arrested for the murder of 16 sex workers in the northern...
Sundance London 2022 Film Review – Brian And Charles (2022)
The relationship between humans and artificial intelligence has a fascination that never goes away. If anything, it continues to grow...
Film Review – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (2022)
It became a rock legend. The story from the 60s that involved Mick Jagger, his then girlfriend Marianne Faithfull and...
Film Review – Europa (2022)
The plight of immigrants is given a terrifying close-up in Haider Rashid’s film Europa. After entering Europe on foot between...