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 […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava, 2021. Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar. SYNOPSIS: Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava’s past relationship and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his […]
Second Opinion – Dark River (2017)
Dark River, 2017. Directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean, and Dean Andrews. SYNOPSIS: Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to the family farm after the death of her father. It’s 15 years since she left, the farm is falling apart and brother Joe (Mark Stanley) is barely managing to keep it going. […]
Exclusive Interviews – Clio Barnard, Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley talk Dark River
One of the most distinctive and uncompromising voices in British film returns to cinemas this week. Often described as the natural successor to Ken Loach, Clio Barnard moves from the urban setting of her much-praised The Selfish Giant (2013) to the windswept farming country of the Yorkshire Moors in Dark River. Based on Rose […]
Movie Review – Dark River (2018)
Dark River, 2018. Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley and Sean Bean. SYNOPSIS: After the death of their father, two siblings engage in a power struggle for control of the dilapidated farm their parent left behind. The first two features from Yorkshire-born filmmaker Clio Barnard marked her out as a […]
UK poster for Dark River starring Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley
Arrow Films has unveiled a new poster for Dark River, the new film from director Clio Barnard (The Arbor), which stars Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley and Sean Bean; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Dark River here Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for […]
New trailer for Clio Barnard’s Dark River starring Ruth Wilson
A UK trailer has arrived online for the upcoming British drama Dark River. Directed by Clio Barnard, the film stars Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, and Sean Bean; watch it below… Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of […]
Filming underway on Clio Barnard’s Dark River starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley and Sean Bean
Principal photography has commenced on Dark River, the new feature film from The Selfish Giant and The Arbor writer-director Clio Barnard, who has assembled a cast that includes Ruth Wilson (The Affair), Mark Stanley (Game of Thrones) and Sean Bean (The Martian). Here’s the official synopsis… Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) […]
