V. O. S.
V.O.S. portrays a film being filmed within a film, where the four principal characters are also the actors who play them. Bridget Bradshaw attempts to untangle Cesc Gay’s original rom-com.
Category Archives: Reviews
Octonauts
Chris White and her children have seen all three of the episodes screened at CFF more times than she cares to remember, but they have not fallen out of love with the Octonauts yet.
Trattoria/Robyn O/Early Birds
The highlight of a trio of dramas, the tense but heartwarming TRATTORIA leads us through the dark and musky atmosphere of a chaotic city street, into a disturbing German gang-land, writes Jack McCurdy.
Sinister
SINISTER promises much but eventually gives ways to sighs at generic cliches and the dense detective lead, writes Edd Elliott.
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
JASON BECKER: NOT DEAD YET gallantly attempts to lift the lid on a degenerative condition, and is an uplifting and closely-stitched documentary bolstered with an extraordinary spirit, writes Huw Oliver.
On The Road
Like the characters in ON THE ROAD, visual and aural hedonism will distract you from the clear self-indulgence and lack of control – but only up to a point, writes Jim Ross.
ShortFusion: To Be In the Present
If one film from TO BE IN THE PRESENT should be put in the spotlight, it is GRACE by Keir & Dieudonnee Burrows, which beautifully portrays different characters whose fates are all linked, suggests Max Zeh.
The Penguin King 3D
The huge wobbly 3D seal elephants in THE PENGUIN KING 3D, described by great narrator David Attenborough as “blubbery and flatulent creatures”, are worth a watch, says Max Zeh.
Frank
The stark camera work in FRANK provides inventiveness, but the attempt to make a hero out of a psychologically unstable young man fails to do little more than make you feel uncomfortable, writes Patrick Fowler.
Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
Welles considered CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT to be his greatest achievement, better even than TOUCH OF EVIL, F FOR FAKE and CITIZEN KANE. Adam Batty reviews.