Silent Night, 2021. Written and Directed by Camille Griffin. Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Davida McKenzie, Rufus Jones, Sope Dirisu, Lucy Punch, Holly Aird, Trudie Styler, Dora Davis, Gilby Griffin Davis, and Hardy Griffin Davis. SYNOPSIS: Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome […]
Watch a clip from Keira Knightley’s dark Christmas comedy Silent Night
Keira Knightley seems to have a thing for taking a light-hearted approach to the end of the world, because following Lorene Scafaria’s criminally underseen and underrated Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the Pirates of the Caribbean star is at it again with dark comedy Silent Night, which seeks to subvert the Richard […]
The end of the world is nigh in trailer for Silent Night starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode
Ahead of its release this December, a poster and trailer have been released for the dark comedy drama Silent Night. Written and directed by Camille Griffin, the film follows Nell (Keira Knightley), Simon (Matthew Goode), and their son Art (Roman Griffin Davis), as they host Christmas dinner for their friends while the world faces an […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday, 2021. Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Colman, Sope Dirisu and Glenda Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A maid meets with her posh boy lover, as he prepares to marry a woman approved by his parents. There comes a point in every film festival experience when you question […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday, 2021 Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu, Nathan Reeve, Samuel Barlow, Dexter Raggatt, Patsy Ferran, Charlie Oscar, Emma D’Arcy, Simon Shepherd, Caroline Harker, Craig Crosbie, Emily Woof, Alex Cubb, Forrest Bothwell, and Albert Welling. SYNOPSIS: A maid living in post-World War I […]
Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Odessa Young celebrate Mothering Sunday in first trailer for Lionsgate drama
There’s no shortage of talent on display in the first trailer for Lionsgate’s tale of forbidden love, Mothering Sunday. Starring Odessa Young (Shirley, The Stand), Olivia Colman (The Father, The Favourite), Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country, The Crown), Sope Dirisu (His House, Gangs of London), and Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Supernova), Mothering Sunday was adapted […]
Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir among all-British list of nominees for BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award
Saint Maud star Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Malcolm X in Regina King’s One Night in Miami, are among the all-British nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at this year’s BAFTAs. They will compete against His House and Gangs of London star Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, County Lines actor Conrad Khan, and Bukky Bakray, […]
Movie Review – His House (2020)
His House, 2020. Written and Directed by Remi Weekes. Starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe, Rasaq Kukoyi, Vivien Bridson Cornell, John Bradley Banton, Gamba Cole, and Scott Michael Wagstaff. SYNOPSIS: A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to […]
Trailer, poster and images for Netflix horror-thriller His House
Netflix has released a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Remi Weekes’ feature debut His House. The horror-thriller follows a young refugee couple (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Wunmi Mosaku) as they move to a small English town and are terrorised by an unspeakable evil lurking in their new home. After making a harrowing escape from war-torn […]
Gareth Evans’ Gangs of London sets its cast
Last year it was announced that The Raid and Apostle director Gareth Evans is working on a TV series entitled Gangs of London, and now Deadline is reporting that the project has found its two leads in Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn) and Sope Dirisu (Humans). Created by Evans and his regular cinematographer Matt […]
