Category: Reviews
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Loving – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Jeff Nichols’ Loving is an emotional, political and handsomely crafted period drama. Read More >
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Florence Foster Jenkins – Review
Just like one of Florence Foster Jenkins’ performances, there is a deep, profound sense of sadness to this piece, which compliments the laughter. Read More >
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I Saw the Light – Review
I Saw the Light simply needs a focus, moving between an array of themes and never quite feeling like we have substantially covered any of them. Read More >
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The Man Who Knew Infinity – Review
The Man Who Knew Infinity is an endearingly undemanding drama that feels as though it will find its home on the smaller screen. Read More >
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Truth – Review
The mediocre screenplay comes as something of a surprise given it’s where Vanderbilt excels. Read More >
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Spotlight – Review
Child molestation in the Catholic Church has been one of the most significant and controversial topics of the past decade and a half. The Roman Catholic clergy isn’t the main focus in Spotlight, however. Rather, director Tom McCarthy’s extraordinary film shines its spotlight on the investigative journalists that revealed these ongoing acts of carnal abuse. Read More >
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Eddie the Eagle – Review
Even if Eddie the Eagle can feel romanticized, you’d have to be the biggest sourpuss in the world not to be won over by it. Read More >
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Miles Ahead – Review
Don Cheadle stars and directs this fluid biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis, in which the actor has distanced himself from the term ‘biopic’ much like Davis moved away from the label of ‘jazz’ – and the resulting film plays with the genre while delivering an entertaining insight into the mind of a troubled genius. Read More >
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Race – Review
The film may not change the way we look at sports movies or the concept of prejudice. Much like the Olympic torch, however, Race is guaranteed to inspire. Read More >
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Freeheld – Review
Moore is terrific, as always, in the lead, and Page matches her counterpart at every turn – but they are let down by a screenplay that doesn’t seem to know what it’s truly studying. Read More >
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