A24 has released a trailer for director Claire Denis’ 2022 Cannes Grand Prix winner Stars at Noon. Based on Denis Johnson’s novel of the same name, the erotic thriller stars Margaret Qualley as an American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua, as she strikes up a romance with a mysterious English businessman (Joe Alwyn) who she […]
TV Review – Conversations With Friends
Chris Connor reviews Conversations with Friends… Normal People became an absolute sensation during the first lockdown in 2020 with audiences finding comfort in the complex relationship between Marianne and Connell with star making turns from Daisy-Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal. Just over two years later and BBC Three/Hulu have belatedly followed this smash hit with […]
Movie Review – The Souvenir Part II (2021)
The Souvenir Part II, 2021. Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg. Starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn, Harris Dickinson, Ariane Labed, Richard Ayoade, Jack McMullen, Amber Anderson, Alice McMillan, Tosin Cole, James Spencer Ashworth, Frankie Wilson, Barbara Peirson, James Dodds, Oli Bauer, Lydia Fox, and Jaygann Ayeh. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath […]
Movie Review – The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
The Last Letter from Your Lover, 2021. Directed by Augustine Frizzell. Starring Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Nabhaan Rizwan, Joe Alwyn, Diana Kent and Ben Cross. SYNOPSIS: When a journalist finds a love letter while searching her newspaper’s archive, she delves back into the past and uncovers the story of a passionate affair with […]
Luca Guadagnino to write and direct Brideshead Revisited for the BBC
Deadline is reporting that Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino is set to write and direct a new miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel Brideshead Revisited for the BBC. Exploring themes of aristocratic nostalgia, Catholicism, and homosexuality, Brideshead Revisited follows Captain Charles Ryder and his relationships with the Flytes, an aristocratic […]
Movie Review – Harriet (2019)
Harriet, 2019. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Jennifer Nettles, Joe Alwyn, Tim Guinee, Deborah Ayorinde, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tory Kittles, Omar J. Dorsey, Zackary Momoh, Mike Marunde, and Claire Bronson. SYNOPSIS: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one […]
Cynthia Erivo is Harriet Tubman in first trailer for Harriet
Focus Features has debuted the first trailer and a poster for director Kasi Lemmons biographical drama Harriet which stars Cynthia Erivo in the title role as freedom fighter and political activist Harriet Tubman alongside a cast that includes Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, and Clarke Peters; take a look here… Based […]
Exclusive Interview – Jack Lowden and Joe Alwyn on Mary Queen of Scots
Coinciding with the home entertainment release of Mary Queen of Scots, we’ve got an exclusive video interview with actors Jack Lowden and Joe Alwyn, who portray Lord Darnley and Robert Dudley respectively; watch the interview here… “Mary Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan). Queen of France at […]
Movie Review – Boy Erased (2018)
Boy Erased, 2018. Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Britton Sear, Jesse LaTourette, Flea, Cherry Jones, and Joe Alwyn. SYNOPSIS: When Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is outed following an incident on his college campus, his staunchly Baptist preacher father (Russell Crowe), and God fearing […]
Movie Review – The Favourite (2018)
The Favourite, 2018. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Featuring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith, and Mark Gatiss. SYNOPSIS: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her […]
