Marianne Elliott-Said, aka punk pioneer Poly Styrene of the X-Ray Spex, is the subject of her daughter’s documentary ‘Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché’ (2021), reviewed from Glasgow Film Festival by Leoni Horton.
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Directed by Nick Moran, Creation Stories – about music studio founder Alan McGee – is a mildly offensive, egotistical mess, and we can only hope Liam and Noel Gallagher never see this film. Leoni Horton reviews.
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Starring Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s Noémie Merlant, ‘Jumbo’ is a surefooted yet strangely erotic adrenaline ride through the wildest depths of sexual fantasy. Leoni Horton reviews.
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Naomi Watts shines in Netflix’s latest biopic about tragedy, family, and the unique relationship between a woman and an injured magpie, in ‘Penguin Bloom’ from Glendyn Ivin. Sophie Cook reviews.
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Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical Sundance home run manages to be “both quietly poignant and thunderously profound”. Leoni Horton reviews from Glasgow Film Festival.
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ tells the astonishing true story of Chairman Fred Hampton’s assassination. Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield star. Click to read Sophie Butcher’s review in full.
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Netflix Original ‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’, starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, is a satisfying, teary-eyed end to the sickly-sweet franchise. Leoni Horton reviews.
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‘Euphoria’ creator Sam Levinson directs John David Washington and Zendaya in Netflix Original ‘Malcolm & Marie’, a shallow and emotionally vacant lockdown drama. Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
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2021 extinction event blockbuster ‘Greenland’, starring Gerard Butler and directed by Ric Roman Waugh, is “an unmissable event”. Joseph Wade reviews.
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Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan star in 2021 Netflix Original British drama ‘The Dig’, a “based on true events” look at existence and legacy. Review by Joseph Wade.
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Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'