Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett is a magnificent, slow-motion human disaster in Woody Allen’s BLUE JASMINE, writes Ann Linden.
Category Archives: Reviews
The Way Way Back
Predictable it may be, but Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s comedy drama is still something to savour, writes Gavin Midgley.
Lovelace
A varied performance from Amanda Seyfried, and an abundance of 70s clichés – Liam Jack reviews LOVELACE, the story behind DEEP THROAT.
Kuma
KUMA – a satisfyingly slow burning web of family lies, secrets, mistrust – feels like an important piece of work, writes Liam Jack.
Time Bandits
TIME BANDITS is the first in Gilliam’s trilogy which also includes BRAZIL and THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Picturehouse’s “Culture Shock” strand brought the remastered BANDITS to Cambridge.
Only God Forgives
Hyper-conscious, hallucinatory & highly contemplative – tantamount to being stuck in a ponderous nightmare, but one you’ve agreed to partake in. Dan Harling on ONLY GOD FORGIVES.
From Up On Poppy Hill
Gorō Miyazaki had full artistic control of POPPY HILL but his 72-year-old father was involved in script-writing and poster design – it seems Hayao Miyazaki never wants to retire.
Season of Mists (Sezon Tumanov)
The first genuine Anglo-Russian coproduction for about 10 years, SEASON OF MISTS is an intelligent, thoughtful and charming drama, writes Kim Pearce.
Blackfish
BLACKFISH is an unashamedly polemical documentary and it will make you angry too, writes Keith Braithwaite
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach’s love letter to New York City is a rare gem on growing up and tragicomedy of it all, writes Lillie Davidson.