Side By Side
SIDE BY SIDE is a fascinating and insightful look at the debates raging in the creative process as the digital revolution continues to evolve, writes Jim Ross.
Category Archives: Reviews
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Counting down to Valentine’s Day with the ADDICTED TO LOVE theme. AI is a tale of unrequited love: maternal love, childhood love, innocent love.
McCullin
A fascinating portrait of McCullin’s lifework describes the photographer’s experiences and dilemmas while capturing on film some of the worst human atrocities post World War II.
BSFF 2012: The Ghost That Never Returns
Abram Room’s Soviet propaganda piece is proof that cinema was exploring some very interesting places before talkies came along, writes Gavin Midgley.
Zero Dark Thirty
Weighing historical fact against directorial decision, ZERO DARK THIRTY is a suspenseful and complicated piece of cinema, writes Ann Linden.
Father
The London Short Film Festival’s FATHER programme takes a measured look at the role of the parent and the often fraught relationship between father and child, writes Liam Jack.
Les Misérables
A luminous Anne Hathaway steals the show in Tom Hooper’s painfully raw, intimate and brave adaptation of this notoriously bleak tale, writes Lillie Davidson.
Ratatouille
Plenty of slapstick offsets a romantic, witty and dramatic storyline that is never cheap or condescending: RATATOUILLE caters for all tastes, writes Rosy Hunt.
Midnight's Children
Deepa Mehta’s MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN is touching and hypnotic, but his attempt to combine the serious and the whimsical does not do justice to Rushdie’s novel, feels Hannah Clarkson.
Youth of Today
The LSFF’s YOUTH OF TODAY programme examines gang culture and peer pressure, trying to understand the breeding ground rather than jumping to rash conclusions, writes Liam Jack.