(Live action remake of animated feature, so filed under animation, among other categories.) Director – Marc Webb – 2025 – US – Cert. PG – 119m ***1/2 Disney’s new Snow White redoes the first animated feature, with its eponymous heroine, wicked queen and dwarfs, as live action – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March […]
Director – Robert Morgan – 2023 – UK – Cert. 18 – 93m ***1/2 The bereaved daughter of a stop-frame animator attempts to complete her late mother’s last film – out on Shudder UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand from Friday, May 31st Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: […]
Director – Tal Kantor – 2022 – France, Israel – 17m ***** Under the watchful eye of an authoritarian teacher, as a class of bored teenagers listens to a visiting Holocaust survivor recount his experiences, one of their number daydreams about the pig with which the survivor shared a barn – nominated for Best Animated […]
Directors – Thomas Robsahm, Aslaug Holm – 2021 – Norway, Germany – Cert. 12a – 108m *** The rise and career of the enduring, three-piece, Norwegian band a-ha – out in cinemas on Friday, May 20th Norwegian trio a-ha are arguably best known for two songs. They swept to fame on the strength of their […]