Now, Forager
At the end of the mushroom season, two foragers struggle to make ends meet. Harry Hunt reviews NOW, FORAGER at the Brighton Film Festival.
At the end of the mushroom season, two foragers struggle to make ends meet. Harry Hunt reviews NOW, FORAGER at the Brighton Film Festival.
ARGO is a well-handled spy drama with some Hollywood satire thrown in, and an engaging true story despite succumbing to silly contrivances and excessive dramatic licence at the end, writes Jim Ross
Generational and class divisions are the terrain upon which Zvyangintsev constructs his vision of ‘the cruel laws of reality’.
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.
The novelty of venerated stars using swear words and subverting their reputation as treasured thespians glosses over a thin premise in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, writes Ed Frost.
With RUST AND BONE, Jacque Audiard journeys further into the inner workings of damaged souls, writes Edward Frost at the London Film Festival.
Sally El Hosaini’s confident debut takes original and tactful steps in a gritty depiction of dangerous games played by two members of an Egyptian family living in Hackney, writes Ed Frost.
Despite its aesthetic qualities and an incredibly honed auteurist signature, Xavier Dolan’s LAURENCE ANYWAYS fails to deliver a worthwhile conclusion , writes Ed Frost at London Film Festival.
SISTER is a straightforward and tender film that depicts a simple tale of survival, and the bonds that tie its protagonists together, writes Ed Frost at the BFI London Film Fest.
Masaaki Akahori’s debut film brings a novel approach to the samurai subgenre, playing out the story of good versus evil a peculiar and introspective level, writes Ed Frost at the BFI London Film Festival.