Film Editorial
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Lucky
The late, great Harry Dean Stanton gets a fitting send-off as the titular irrepressible small-town-dwelling old codger in this elegiac but whimsically amusing character study ...
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Iranian-American director Desiree Akhavan follows-up her amusing indie comedy ‘Appropriate Behaviour’ with this 90s-set drama adapted from Emily M. Danforth’s 2012 novel. More...
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Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
Early in this documentary about Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam - aka rapper and songwriter MIA - she is asked what makes her such a problematic figure. She struggles to answer. ...
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The Little Stranger
Irish director Lenny Abrahamson’s follow-up to the excellent ‘Room’ is a disappointingly staid adaptation of Sarah Walters’ novel, a gothic drama set in the late 40s/50s, when...
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Faces Places
Veteran Nouvelle Vague director Agnes Varda’s enduring zest for life and boundless curiosity is evidenced in this charming documentary, a freewheeling road movie that also ser...
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A Sicilian Ghost Story
Directing duo Grassadonia and Piazza’s follow-up to the highly-praised Mafia hitman pic Salvo is a bewitching combination of dramatized true crime story, angsty teen romance a...
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The Escape
Gemma Arterton gives a career best performance in this attentive and humane, if occasionally harrowing, portrait of depression from writer-director Dominic Savage. She is Tara...
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Ant-Man and The Wasp
After the bleak conclusion of Avengers Infinity War, Marvel Studios lighten matters up considerably for the second standalone picture for thief-turned-shrinking-superhero, Sco...
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The Guardians
There have been a number of recent films commemorating the centenary of World War 1. French director, Beauvois’s picture delves into a hitherto underexplored aspect, the pligh...
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Hearts Beat Loud
Even the appealing presence of ‘Park and Recreation’s’ Nick Offerman fails to elevate this indie-flavoured comedy about a middle-aged dude learning to move on, above the merel...
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The Children Act
The second Ian McEwan adaptation of the year, following On Chesil Beach, is another well-acted but underwhelming slice of middle class angst. Thompson is Fiona Maye, a high co...
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Path of Blood
This extraordinary but frustrating documentary, assembled from seized home-movie footage, charts the progress of a set of Al Qaeda operatives in a jihadi boot camp in Saudi Ar...
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Apostasy
This very impressive debut from British writer-director Kokotajlo is a slow-burning but gripping drama set among a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Manchester. ‘Happy Valle...
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