Film
Incoming: Under the Silver Lake
When aimless slacker Sam (Andrew Garfield) wakes up one morning to find his beautiful neighbour Sarah (Riley Keough) has vanished without a trace, he embarks on a quest across the city to find her. This is an epic, code-cracking, acid-spiked amateur sleuth story that tips its hat to Hitchcock, Lynch and everything in between. Under …
Incoming: Girl
Determined 15-year-old Lara is a young woman who is fiercely committed to becoming a professional ballerina. She throws herself into this quest at a new school, but finds the usual frustrations and challenges of adolescence are heightened as her body does not bend to easily to the strict ballet discipline because she was born a …
Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: Screwdriver
It has been a theme, throughout history, that the oppressed often look for champions whom they can rally around. Fairly normal people can be elevated into god-like figures as long as it serves the wider cause. We’ve seen a resurgence of martyrdom across the Middle-East, but this doesn’t always end in death. The imprisonment and …
Incoming: Benjamin
The bittersweet comedy tells the story of Benjamin (Colin Morgan) a rising star filmmaker, who is thrown into emotional turmoil on the brink of premiering his second film, when Billie, his hard partying publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah. Benjamin is in cinemas from 15 March.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: Minding the Gap
Today, America finds itself in a strange position as a country riven by conflict. Whilst Donald Trump’s politics and persona are well and truly hideous, his success has highlighted the large minority of society who feel ignored, betrayed and unrepresented by the political elite. There are few areas where this economic and social decline has …
Film Review: Children of the Snow Land
Whilst availability of education is something we often take for granted in the UK, life isn’t so simple or easy in many other countries around the world. Some children walk for miles to get to school every day whilst here it’s all about catchment areas, who’s doing the school run and Offsted reports. In rural …
Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: Roll Red Roll
The treatment women receive at the hands of men in almost all countries around the world is reprehensible. It came as no surprise to many but the #metoo movement highlighted just how ingrained the issue is. Just how prevalent sexual assault, abuse and rape is in our society. It’s bad in the UK but it’s …
Film Review: Lifechanger
“Brian doesn’t seem his usual self this morning”. Is Brian just having one of those days or has an alien creature taken possession of his body and is using him as a human host? The concept of shape-shifting is one which has wrung true with many film lovers over the years. The continuing popularity of …
Blu-Ray Review: Sink the Bismarck!
Named after the former German chancellor, the Bismark was one of a pair of fast battleships which were the largest and most powerful built under the Third Reich. It was the pride of the German fleet and became a focal point of nationalistic fervour. However, despite its formidable reputation it wasn’t destined to play a …
Incoming: Ben is Back
Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother’s undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe. Ben is Back is in cinemas from 15 March.