Tag: British cinema
London Film Festival Review: Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)
We’re all downsizing these days. Forget the Roaring ‘20s – these are the Receding ‘20s. Costs are going up, people are staying in, and the…
Festival de Cannes Review: Cow (Andrea Arnold)
This may be a personal issue, but there’s something about Andrea Arnold‘s brand of wallowing realism that never quite brings a point to its misery….
LFF Review: After Love (Aleem Khan)
It took me a while to place the faces of actresses Joanna Scanlan and Nathalie Richard as I was immersed in After Love. One of…
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) Review
I am of the opinion that if we’re going to get yet another adaptation from the literary canon, let’s at least do something interesting with…
Festival de Cannes Review: Red Road (2006)
Red Road won the Jury Award at Cannes in 2006. Directed by Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey), this is a tense and paranoid psychological…
Festival de Cannes: Pride (2014)
Queer Palm Award The Cannes Film Festival is, for lack of a better word, a little pretentious. Since 2010 the festival has awarded an award for…
Look, Florence Pugh, The London Film Critics Circle Really Appreciate You
The London Film Critics’ Circle brought a rather refreshing breeze across this wards season. With Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (7 nominations) and Ari Aster’s Midsommar…
For Sama takes top prizes at the 22nd British Independent Film Awards
For Sama becomes the first documentary to be honoured with the Best British Independent Film prize at the 2019 BIFA awards on Sunday night in…
New Character Posters Revealed for The Personal History of David Copperfield
The new film directed and co-written (with Simon Blackwell) by Armando Iannucci, The Personal History of David Copperfield, is now showcasing new character posters from…
Review: Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (2019)
In the opening of The Souvenir, we are gifted some black and white footage of Sunderland, a northern English city, as Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne…
Nominations for the British Independent Film Awards go big for Wild Rose and The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield leafs the charge as the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominations were announced. Wild Rose, with Jessie Buckley, is right…
Film Road to Halloween: Under the Shadow (2016)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 3 days to…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: The Third Man, 1949
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. The Third Man, 1949 Grand Prix du Festival…
Blimey! Here's 100 British Flicks That Are The Dog's Bollocks – X
Cor blimey. We reached the end of the bleeding series. Gutted. Jolly good show. One might well be forgiven for starting another 100 limey efforts…
