Category: Cinema

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    Reece Beckett

    Review: Pieces of a Woman – Promising But Mediocre Drama On Childbirth

    Reese Beckett reviews Vanessa Kirby’s bid for awards nominations in this promising but mediocre drama.

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    Jacob Hando

    Review: Soul – Astonishing Animation About Life And Our Purpose

    Jacob Hando reviews Pixar’s much anticipated release from acclaimed director Pete Docter.

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    Katie Evans

    Review: Come Away – A Misguided Retelling of the Classic Tales

    Katie Evans gives her verdict on this peculiar reimagining on both J.M.Barrie and Lewis Carroll’s beloved characters.

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    Georgie Holmes

    Review: Silent Night – Criminally Festive Fun

    Georgie Holmes provides her verdict on this new Christmas film with a criminal twist.

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    Jacob Hando

    Review: Mank – ‘Beautiful Ode to Hollywood’s Pioneering Spirit’

    David Fincher returns with Mank but is it’s reverence to Classical Hollywood style over substance? Jacob Hando reviews.

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    Morgan McMillan

    Review: Lost At Christmas – ‘Authentically Scottish’

    Morgan McMillan reviews this new Scottish Christmas rom com from Ryan Hendrick.

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    Conor O’Hanlon

    Review: Stardust – Lack Of Bowie’s Music Undermines Interesting Biopic

    Gabriel Range’s new biopic about Bowie has received fairly negative press, but is it really that bad? Conor O’Hanlon reviews.

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    Katie Evans

    Review: Mangrove – Politically Driven Masterpiece

    Katie Evans offers her verdict on Steve McQueen’s opening film in his Small Axe series.

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    Tilly Magwaza

    Review: On the Rocks – Comedy-Drama That’s Neither Funny Or Dramatic

    Is Sofia Coppola’s latest collaboration with Bill Murray supposedly ‘lost in translation’? Tilly Magwaza reviews.

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    Jacob Hando

    Review: Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm – ‘Repulsive But With Bruising Political Honesty’

    Borat is back, but is it ‘very nice’? Jacob Hando reviews.

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    Ross Holmes

    Review: Freaks: You’re One of Us – ‘Unsatisfying and Pointless’

      **Spoilers for the film below!**   Imagine a world where everyday people possess superpowers. These powers, suppressed by the governments of the world, are unknown to the majority of the population whilst they sit just bellow the surface of society. This is the world Freaks – You’re One of Us promises to explore – […]

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    Katie Evans

    Review: Eternal Beauty

    Welsh actor and director Craig Roberts’ second directorial feature film Eternal Beauty (2019) is a stunning but painful insight into the intensity and severity of the long-term mental health condition schizophrenia. The film, led by the brilliant Sally Hawkins as main character Jane, explores themes of love, life, and loss, whilst maintaining a sense of […]

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    Sophie Young

    Review: The Boys in The Band -‘Sensational Yet Deeply Poignant’

    Adapted from Mart Crowley’s 1968 play, ‘The Boys in The Band’ has arrived on Netflix. The 2018 Tony award-winning Broadway revival has been revamped for the screen, with the entire cast reprising their roles. The story follows a group of seven gay friends reuniting for a birthday party but the evening takes a sour turn […]

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    Theo Smith

    LFF Review: The Reason I Jump – An Extraordinary Plunge Into The Autistic Experience

    Theo Smith, our film editor, reviews the Audience Award winner from Sundance in January.