Tom Beasley on the top films from Sundance London 2022… Another edition of the Sundance London Film Festival is in the books, with more than a dozen films from the Utah-based fest’s catalogue screened to press and the public in the British capital. We spent several days cramming in as many of the festival’s offerings […]
Movie Review – DASHCAM (2021)
Dashcam, 2021. Directed by Rob Savage. Starring Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro and Jemma Moore. SYNOPSIS: An obnoxious internet personality who hosts a music show from her dashboard camera finds herself in the midst of supernatural chaos when she agrees to transport an old woman to an address for money. Rob Savage delivered one […]
Movie Review – Cordelia (2019)
Cordelia, 2019. Directed by Adrian Shergold. Starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Johnny Flynn, Joel Fry, Catherine McCormack, Alun Armstrong and Michael Gambon. SYNOPSIS: A woman suffering from trauma is left alone in her flat by her twin sister and unravels during the course of a burgeoning relationship with her mysterious upstairs neighbour. Most of the new British […]
Movie Review – Ali & Ava (2021)
Ali & Ava, 2021. Directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Shaun Thomas, Ellora Torchia and Natalie Gavin. SYNOPSIS: Romance sparks between two lost souls amid the housing estates of Bradford. Clio Barnard is one of the foremost chroniclers of working class Britain. Set in and around Yorkshire, her films are occasionally bleak […]
Movie Review – Titane (2021)
Titane, 2021. Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Laïs Salameh, Myriem Akheddiou, Bertrand Bonello and Garance Marillier. SYNOPSIS: A woman with a metal plate in her head following a childhood car accident ends up on the run after a killing spree. Julia Ducournau announced herself as a new voice in horror cinema […]
Movie Review – Cyrano (2021)
Cyrano, 2021. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin and Monica Dolan. SYNOPSIS: An outsider soldier puts his skills as a poet to use as he turns match-maker for the woman he has always loved and an attractive but dull new recruit in his regiment. Gérard […]
Movie Review – Boiling Point (2021)
Boiling Point, 2021. Directed by Philip Barantini. Starring Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham, Jason Flemyng, Ray Panthaki, Lourdes Faberes, Lauryn Ajufo and Hannah Walters. SYNOPSIS: On one of the busiest nights of the year, a harried head chef and his team attempt to put together high-quality cuisine under immense pressure. Stephen Graham is one […]
Movie Review – The Nest (2020)
The Nest, 2020. Directed by Sean Durkin. Starring Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche, Charlie Shotwell, Adeel Akhtar, Anne Reid and Michael Culkin. SYNOPSIS: A flashy commodities trader relocates his American family back to his home nation of Britain, where he attempts to seal a deal that will set them up for life. More than […]
Movie Review – The Hand of God (2021)
The Hand of God, 2021. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Filippo Scotti, Luisa Ranieri, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Massimiliano Gallo, Renato Carpentieri, Marlon Joubert and Betti Pedrazzi. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring filmmaker in Naples must navigate sex, coming of age and tragedy against the backdrop of Diego Maradona’s much-heralded arrival in the city. Football has immense […]
Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker visits a couple at their secluded lakeside cottage in the hope of finding inspiration for her new screenplay. Films about filmmakers can often feel rather tired. It feels like the ultimate symptom of a creative person […]
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