Category: Reviews
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Focus – Review
“in Focus, we’re the victim – regular people going about our everyday life, only to have someone steal something valuable from us. It makes for a film that’s difficult to connect with”… Read More >
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Appropriate Behaviour – Review
“It’s a New Yorker dramedy that has its politically-correct head screwed on firmly, while also giving time to the smaller, funny moments along the way.” Read More >
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10.000 Km – Review
Whether you know it or not, love is one of the grand constants of cinema; our relationships with characters, our investment in a film’s story, and even our perception of morality is all tied up in the L word, and how the tricky thing meddles with everything it touches. But it’s still something that can… Read More >
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X+Y – Review
Director Morgan Matthews has a considerable background in documentaries. One of them, 2007’s Beautiful Young Minds, focused on the selection process that a group of talented youngsters – many of them autistic – wen through for the International Mathematical Olympiad. It didn’t take great powers of arithmetic to add up that this would make for… Read More >
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Wild Tales – Review
This pitch black comedy was picked by Film 2015 presenter Danny Leigh as his film to watch over the coming months, and we feel compelled to agree. The bravado spirit that runs through the six short stories at the centre of the film, is to be admired, and the humour is at times painfully good.… Read More >
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While We’re Young – Review
“The opening film of the Glasgow Film Festival; While We’re Young is a deceptively smart comedy that will have you squirming in your seats with repeated twinges of recognition. You’ll hate yourself for knowing every nuance on screen about growing old disgracefully. And you’ll love every minute of watching it.” Read More >
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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – Review
“For a film obsessed with death, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence has a surprising amount of life running through its veins. Roy Andersson’s Golden Lion-winner is a work of challenging yet accessible art that can’t be – ahem – pigeonholed.” Read More >
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Shaun the Sheep Movie – Review
“Thankfully in their latest endeavour, Shaun the Sheep Movie, they’ve returned to the basics, with a charming and endearing turn that bears similarities to the likes of Wallace & Gromit, Morph and Creature Comforts.” Read More >
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Trash – Review
“given the way this film is presented, it requires something special to end on, and sadly we’re left wanting”… Read More >
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