Silent Land – Review
Holidays have been known to make or break relationships. You’re either able to switch off, relax and fall in love all over again or unfamiliar surroundings and searing heat can further expose suspect...
Category Archives: Drama
Some Like it Rare – Preview
Your life is at steak in Some like it Rare – a hilarious French comedy with a dark twist. Sophie and Vincent’s small butcher shop is on the brink of bankruptcy and their marriage is falling apa...
La Civil – Preview
La Civil is a thrilling, compelling and thought-provoking drama, based on true events, from director Teodora Mihai. Cielo’s teenage daughter, Laura, is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. Despite pay...
Margrete: Queen of the North – Preview
Margrete: Queen of the North is a tense and powerful historical epic about the untold story of the woman who united Scandinavia in a time of war. The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man h...
The Girl and The Spider – Review
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” Having reflected on Ramon and Silvan Zürcher’s The Girl and The ...
Three Floors – Review
With Nanni Moretti’s new film the acclaimed director takes a look at life in an apartment building in Rome over the course of a decade. On the face of it, the film appears to be a bit of a ligh...
Ashgrove – Review
The opening scene of Ashgrove is a masterclass in storytelling. With any sort of entertainment medium, it is vital that the audience is engaged as soon as possible If it doesn’t then it can be ...
Nightmare Alley (2022) – Review
Neo-noir, so often, can be style over substance. Sumptuous to look at but severely lacking in authentic characters and narrative arcs. So, has “master of the spectacle” Guillermo del Toro succeeded i...
Munich: The Edge of War – Review
A World War Two film where not a single bullet is fired; not a single trip to the front is made; not a bombed out London terrace in sight. Rather, the looming spectre of war casts a shadow across Eur...
Titane – Review
* This review contains spoilers – don’t read ahead unless you’ve seen the film * When writer / director Julia Ducournau made her feature length debut with 2016’s Raw, she rightfully won praise and at...