Clio Barnard’s ‘Dark River’ focuses on “universal themes of womanhood, hunter versus hunted, righteousness versus evil and the way of nature versus god in a way comparable to the works of one of the silver screen’s greatest ever poets, Terrence Malick” in what Joseph Wade describes as a film that “must be seen by anyone who wishes to support this art form we know and love” in his review.
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‘Walk Like A Panther’ may have had a relatively poor screenplay, but it was still an uplifting film. Read Joseph Wade’s shortened review of the wrestling-inspired film, here.
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Greta Gerwig’s “anything but ordinary” 2018 awards season headliner ‘Lady Bird’ is a film where the performances of Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf “are the heart and soul of the film”, according to Jason Lithgo’s review of the Best Picture nominee, here.
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Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ (2018) “abandons obvious extravagance to focus its tightly knit story on the nuggets of wonder we can find in the pursuit of truth, those we consider to be truth seekers, and the very idea of truth itself.” Joseph Wade’s review…
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‘Darkest Hour’ (2018) is “so anti-Europe and pro-war that only in 2018 could a film such as this have been made” according to Joseph Wade’s review of the Joe Wright movie starring Gary Oldman, available here.
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Sophie Grant has reviewed Chuyao He’s short film ‘Before Christmas’ (2016), “eight-hundred and ninety-six seconds [she] couldn’t get back”.
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Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ (2017/18) is “a standout of the year as regards performance” that “bleeds into your subconscious” with “dictatorial precision”. Full review:
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‘The Shape of Water’ (2017/18), the new movie from fantasy-horror director Guillermo Del Toro, is a “beautifully crafted whimsical fairy tale” according to Joseph Wade’s review of the film.
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‘Justice League’, starring Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot, is “one of the largest blends of bad ideas put to screen in 2017” according to Joseph Wade’s review of the DC Comics adaptation.
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Short film ‘Falsified’ (2017), from screenwriter-actor Ashley Tabatabai and director Stefan Fairlamb, is “a little too unsure of itself to be what it is clear that the film could potentially be” according to Joseph Wade’s review.
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Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'