Summerland
Technical craft isn’t everything and, taken as a whole package, SUMMERLAND winds up feeling more like Fyre Festival than Coachella. Ben Johnston reviews.
Category Archives: Reviews
Les Misérables
Ladj Ly’s film has a simmering tone that will later come to a rolling boil as the film reaches its crescendo, and an underlying attitude of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’. Jim Ross reviews.
Perfumes
With something to say about our relationship with our abilities, there’s more to PERFUMES than meets the, well, nose. Scott Wilson reviews.
Misbehaviour
MISBEHAVIOUR is perhaps not the most overtly feminist film ever made, but it tells the true story of the Miss World protest admirably. Anna Richards reviews.
Pinocchio
PINOCCHIO very much stands apart from previous adaptations, and most definitely from versions of the story familiar to English-language audiences. Jim Ross reviews.
Babyteeth
BABYTEETH is curious and endearing, despite its harrowing storyline. Elle Haywood reviews.
She Dies Tomorrow
It is very difficult to not acknowledge one’s own mortality or entertain notions of your own death after this impressively understated feature that wallows and lingers in its own detached chilly dread, like an unwelcome thought creeping into your head at four in the morning. Matt Hall reviews.
Sputnik
The opening scene of Egor Abramenko’s SPUTNIK is as promising an opening as any film. Ben Woodard reviews.
Young Ahmed
The Dardenne brothers’ YOUNG AHMED explores the mechanisms and influences that lead to religious radicalisation, through the portrait of a young schoolboy groomed by extremist ideologies. Steph Brown reviews.
Clemency
Chinonye Chukwu’s CLEMENCY is engaging and thoughtfully constructed, with a stifling atmosphere underscored by Alfre Woodard’s lead performance.