Incoming: Back to Burgundy
Back to Burgundy tells the story of Jean, who left his family and his native Burgundy ten years ago to tour the world. When learning of his father’s imminent death he returns to his childhood home where he, his sister, Juliette, and brother, Jérémie, inherit their family vineyard. As the seasons go by and they …
Incoming: Limehouse Golem
Set on the unforgiving, squalid streets of Victorian London in 1880, our tale begins in the baroque, grandiose music hall where the capital’s most renowned performer Dan Leno (Douglas Booth) takes to the stage. The whimsical thespian performs a monologue, informing his dedicated audience of the ghastly fate of a young woman who had once …
Film Review: The Work
In terms of documentary filmmaking, one of the most powerful and frequently covered areas of focus over the past few years has been prison and the criminal justice system. Nowhere is more fascinating, worrying or perplexing than America. Solitary, Into the Abyss and last year’s Academy Award-nominated The 13th all call into question the merits …
Incoming: God’s Own Country
Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) works long hours on his family’s remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. But when a handsome Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu) arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm, …
Film Review: Moon Dogs
One of the strongest areas of British cinema over the last decade has been coming-of-age films. Traditionally, it has been a sub-genre which has thrown teenagers into huge life-changing situations which they overcome to enter adulthood. More recently, films such as Fish Tank, Submarine, The Levelling, This is England and An Education demonstrate how fertile …
Blu-Ray Review: The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The golden age of Italian cinema coincided with the emergence of neorealism within the country’s film-making. In a movement characterised by the use of non-professional actors, filming on location and focussing on the poor, the Italians were king. In 1978, Ermanno Olmi took inspiration from this movement, along with an emphasis on studying family which …
Incoming: Una
Fifteen years earlier, Una ran away with an older man, Ray, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across a photo of him in a trade magazine, Una tracks him down to his workplace, and her abrupt arrival threatens to destroy Ray’s new life, while derailing her precarious stability. Unspoken …
Incoming: American Made
In American Made, Tom Cruise reunites with his Edge of Tomorrow director, Doug Liman, in this international escapade based on the outrageous (and real) exploits of Barry Seal, a hustler and pilot unexpectedly recruited by the CIA to run one of the biggest covert operations in U.S. history. American Made is out in cinemas from …
Blu-Ray Review: The Big Knife
Narcissism and film-making are often happy bedfellows. Indeed, the theme of Hollywood and the film industry have proved to be fertile ground for screenwriters, directors and producers. There has been a lot of hatred and bile aimed squarely at the studio system. Great directors such as David Lynch (Mulholland Drive), David Cronenberg (Map to the …
Film Review: Mimosas
Despite the continued smattering of dreadful Christian films which get released every year, religion is hardly a cool subject. This is especially the case in North American cinema. Whether it’s Noah, The Passion of Christ or Risen, it’s all a little bit overblown and worthy. Thankfully, many independent film-makers have a much more innovative, fresh …