How to Build a Girl (2020) Review
‘How to Build A Girl’ fails to catch up with Beanie Feldstein’s immense talent, using overtired Britcom to water down the issues it brings to light.
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The King of Staten Island (2020) Review
2020 Judd Apatow directed come-drama ‘The King of Staten Island’ is a recognisable attempt by Pete Davidson to face his demons head-on. Review by Leoni Horton.
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Forty years on from the premature death of one of the UK’s great music artists, Ian Curtis of Joy Division, Leoni Horton analyses Anton Corbijn’s 2007 biopic ‘Control’, a movie about the man and the city that helped make him.
Read MoreGood Time (2017) Review
2017 Safdie Brothers release ‘Good Time’ starring Robert Pattinson “is a relentless barrage of anxiety and violence”, a thriller shot in 35mm with an “unsettling, naturalistic aesthetic”. Leoni Horton reviews.
Read MoreReal-Time: Examining How the Safdie Brothers Experiment with Naturalistic Cinema
Are Josh and Benny Safdie, The Safdie Brothers, the quiet revolutionaries of contemporary cinema? Leoni Horton examines their exploration of naturalistic filmmaking thus far, looking at the likes of ‘Uncut Gems’ and ‘Good Time’.
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The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) Review
Netflix Joan Didion adaptation ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ (2020), from ‘Mudbound’ director Dee Rees, starring Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck and Willem Dafoe is “fails miserably on almost every conceivable level”. Leoni Horton reviews.
Read MoreHow Cathy Yan’s ‘Birds of Prey’ Reawakens the Ethos of the Riot Grrrl
‘That girl thinks she’s the Queen of the neighbourhood, I got news for you, she is!’ – How Cathy Yan’s ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’ embraces the Riot Grrrl ethos in its fresh attempts to validate female anger. Article by Leoni Horton.
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August 08, 2024
Cineworld Announce Cinema Closures
The world's 2nd largest cinema chain, Cineworld, have announced that