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This adaptation of the much-loved novel is dull and disappointing says our Film Editor Barnaby Walter
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This beautiful animation takes its inspiration from an Oriental fairytale aesthetic, and truly brings magic to the screen, says Ashleigh Moore
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The list of winners from the Southampton International Film Festival
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Believe the hype: Gravity is exciting, emotional and looks spectacular, says Barnaby Walter.
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The opening night gala of this year’s London Film Festival is a tense true story featuring the best performance of Tom Hanks’s career, says our Film Editor Barnaby Walter.
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The well-made Australian drama may have been chosen for the ‘Thrill’ Gala screening at the London Film Festival, but it’s noticeably lacking in excitement says Film Editor Barnaby Walter
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Hayley Kind rounds up all of the films on at SUSU’s cinema, Union Films, this week.
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A Scottish dramedy musical set to the songs of The Proclaimers? If you just shouted “sign me up!” over the blaring sound of I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) you won’t be disappointed by this sunny sophomore effort from cockney actor-turned-director Dexter Fletcher. Following two mildly-shellshocked soldiers returning home to their families and loved ones, Sunshine […]
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With only the technician in the auditorium, I ended up receiving a private screening of the Southampton International Film Festival’s final screening of day 3 of the festival, Choice Point. Unfortunately, I can’t say that this was a piece of documentary cinema that I particularly enjoyed. Too long, too repetitive, and really rather sickly, its […]
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Day two of the Southampton International Film Festival was screened both at the Nuffield Theatre and at a venue in the city. With all of the screenings happening at the same time, I was unfortunately only able to see what one venue had to present. The Nuffield Theatre on Highfield Campus was hosting the festival’s […]
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So, today I had the pleasure of beginning my coverage of the Southampton International Film Festival. I can certainly say that the selection of films on offer is incredibly diverse, and this is most apparent when considering the cinematic snacks of the day that were the short films. I laughed, I cried, I even recoiled […]
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Based on award winning novel by Meg Rosoff, this teenage romance crossed with futuristic war-time drama is certainly not to everyone’s taste, says Scarlett Sangster.
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Barnaby Walter gives five stars to this superbly controlled and disturbing crime drama
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A difficult but darkly effective adaptation of the novel by the author of Trainspotting, says Andy Southcott