Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of House of the Dragon… After its ninth episode focused on the Greens, led by Queen Alicent, the finale of season one of House of the Dragon, ‘The Black Queen’, shifts focus to Rhaenyra and Daemon as the pair learn of the death of King Viserys and installment […]
Movie Review – All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)
All Quiet On The Western Front, 2022. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Felix Kammerer , Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Edin Hasanovic, Adrian Grünewald, Thibault De Montalembert, Daniel Brühl, and Devid Striesow. SYNOPSIS: A young German soldier’s terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I. Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel […]
Movie Review – Decision to Leave (2022)
Decision to Leave, 2022. Written & Directed by Park Chan Wook. Starring Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, and Go Kyung-pyo. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. Park Chan-wook is one of the most acclaimed directors of the […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 7 Review – ‘Announcement’
Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Star Wars: Andor… After a thrilling heist-focused episode last time around, Andor settles down in its seventh episode ‘Announcement’ as the aftermath of the Aldhani heist is felt both from within the rebels and the Empire. If more sedate, this episode maintains the forward momentum the series has […]
House of the Dragon Episode 9 Review – ‘The Green Council’
Chris Connor reviews the ninth episode of House of the Dragon… After the death of King Viserys at the end of ‘Lord of the Tides’, the penultimate episode of House of the Dragon’s first season focuses on the line of succession and attempts by Queen Alicent to install her eldest son Aegon on the Iron […]
2022 BFI London Film Festival Review – Klokkenluider
Klokkenluider, 2022. Written & Directed by Neil Maskell. Starring Tom Burke, Jenna Coleman, Dominic Mallet, Sura Dohnke, Roger Evans, and Amit Shah. SYNOPSIS: A darkly comic, character-driven thriller following a government whistleblower and his forthright wife as they are sent to a remote house in Belgium. Joined by two close protection officers, they await the […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Tim MacKenzie-Smith on Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande
To coincide with its screening at the London Film Festival, Chris Connor got the chance to speak with the director of Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande, acclaimed documentary helmer Tim MacKenzie-Smith, who discussed the group’s influence, legacy, and why now was the time to tell their story. What are your first memories of […]
Movie Review – The Wonder (2022)
The Wonder, 2022. Directed by Sebastián Lelio Starring Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Dermot Crowley, David Wilmot, Josie Walker, and Brían F. O’Byrne. SYNOPSIS: A tale of two strangers who transform each other’s lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. […]
2022 BFI London Film Festival Review – Women Talking
Women Talking, 2022. Written & Directed by Sarah Polley Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Based on the novel by Miriam Toews. Sarah Polley has had a long […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 6 Review – ‘The Eye’
Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars: Andor… Andor’s sixth episode ‘The Eye’ is far and away its most action packed to date, focusing almost entirely on the raid the group has been planning for the past two weeks. It’s 45 minutes that must rank amongst the most impressive Star Wars content put […]
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