The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki’s final film is an ode to the power of dreams that charms from beginning to end, writes Gavin Midgley.
Category Archives: Reviews
Blue Ruin
Jeremy Saulnier’s tense and twitchy revenge drama offers plenty of suspense and a strong central performance from Macon Blair, writes Gavin Midgley.
Calvary
John Michael McDonagh’s black comedy drama reveals a 21st century Ireland unmoored from the old certainties of the past, writes Jim Moore.
Night Moves
NIGHT MOVES grips the audience with ever-increasing tension, according to Jim Ross at Tribeca Film Festival.
Locke
Tom Hardy drives to Hell in Steven Knight’s economical and compelling one-man drama, writes Gavin Midgley.
The Double
Richard Ayoade’s THE DOUBLE is one of the most dull, yet unutterably infatuating films Jack McCurdy has watched in a long time.
Starred Up
Led from the front by an astonishing performance from Jack O’Connell, STARRED UP gives the British prison film exactly what it needs: a kick up the arse, writes Gavin Midgley.
Under The Skin
UNDER THE SKIN is a curious, disquieting and perplexingly superb piece of guerilla surrealism, writes Jim Ross.
The Rocket
Kim Mordaunt’s THE ROCKET is an adventure set in war-ravaged Laos, seen from a feisty young boy’s point of view. Charming but predictable, writes Emma Wilkinson.
The Zero Theorem
Another year, another Terry Gilliam slice of imaginative dystopian hell: THE ZERO THEOREM still feels a bit humdrum for a director who is a visionary at his best.