Normal People’s Paul Mescal is set to continue his rise to prominence by headlining Kevin Macdonald’s espionage thriller A Spy By Nature. Coming off the back of a festival season during which he has wowed with both Aftersun (read our ★★★★ review here) and God’s Creatures (read our ★★★★ review here), Deadline reports that Mescal […]
Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio star in the trailer for A24’s Aftersun
A24 has released the trailer for Aftersun, the Charlotte Wells directed drama which wowed at Cannes and currently sits at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film tells the story of Sophie (Frankie Corio) and her dad Calum (Normal People‘s Paul Mescal), who are on holiday in Turkey in the late 1990s, where things seem to […]
Emily Watson’s world is turned upside down in trailer for A24 drama God’s Creatures
Fresh off the boat following its debut at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, A24 has released the trailer for God’s Creatures, the latest film from acclaimed directors Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer (2015’s award-winning The Fits), which stars Emily Watson (Chernobyl, Punch-Drunk Love), Paul Mescal (Normal People, The Lost Daughter), and Aisling Franciosi (The […]
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 Lost Daughter (2021)
The Lost Daughter, 2021. Written and Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Domińczyk, Alba Rohrwacher, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Panos Koronis, Abe Cohen, and Nikos Poursanidis. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter, 2021. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, Peter Sarsgaard, Dagmara Domińczyk and Ed Harris. SYNOPSIS: A translator on an idyllic holiday becomes obsessed with a young mother, inspiring her to think back to her own parenting methods. I often wonder how I would’ve reacted if […]
First trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed The Lost Daughter starring Olivia Colman
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for The Lost Daughter. The drama marks the feature directorial debut for Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Olivia Colman as a woman who finds her vacation take a dark turn when she begins to confront the memories and troubles of her past; take a look here… Alone on a […]
