Beasts of the Southern Wild
Heart warming and harrowing, mystical and raw, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD is an idiosyncratic masterpiece, quietly enchanting and brutally frank in equal measure, says Hannah Clarkson.
Category Archives: Reviews
Beware of Mr. Baker
Jay Bulger’s all-encompassing documentary BEWARE OF MR. BAKER peers behind the dark glasses and gruff facade of one Ginger Baker. Ed Frost reviews at London Film Festival.
Museum Hours
A sweet-natured story of two people coming together, MUSEUM HOURS is a leisurely tour of Vienna from Jem Cohen. Ed Frost reviews at the London Film Festival.
After Lucia
Peer pressure and teenage bullying have rarely been as agonising and intensely distressing as they are in Michel Franco’s latest, AFTER LUCIA. Ed Frost reviews at the London Film Festival.
Everyday
Ed Frost, at the London Film Festival, reviews EVERYDAY – Michael Winterbottom’s latest feature; a project elegantly pieced together and filmed over the space of five years.
Ernest and Celestine
Marrying perfectly judged humour with incessant imagination, ERNEST AND CELESTINE is an absolute joy; an almost faultless 80-minute burst of unabashed delight, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.
Our Children
Measured and well plotted, OUR CHILDREN is a tough watch and a hefty story from Joachim Lafosse. Ed Frost reviews at the London Film Festival.
Celeste and Jesse Forever
CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER is a shrewd, likeable and well-meaning indie that couples sympathetic performances with fine writing and sincere humour, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.
It Was The Son
IT WAS THE SON becomes distractingly frenetic, disoriented by its own irritatingly mismatched tonal shifts that build towards an unsatisfying experience, writes Ed Frost at London Film Festival.
The We and the I
THE WE AND THE I is the latest offering from distinctive French director Michel Gondry, and is the finest he has been since THE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, writes Ed Frost at London Film Festival.