Directors – Glen Keane, John Kahrs – 2020 – US, China – Cert. U – 95m ***** A girl bereaved of her mother builds a rocket to the moon to prove the goddess Chang’e is real and convince her father not to re-marry – animated feature in cinemas from Friday, October 16th and on Netflix […]
Director – Kirsten Johnson – 2020 – US – 89m ***** The director imagines the death of her dad in a film which celebrates both the man himself and the art of cinema – on Netflix worldwide from Friday, October 2nd I was alerted to this movie both because not only was Johnson’s prior Cameraperson […]
Director – Justin Pemberton – 2019 – France, New Zealand – Cert. 12 – 103m ***** An adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s controversial economic treatise Capital In The 21st Century – in cinemas from Friday, September 25th The content of French economist Thomas Piketty’s eponymous book couldn’t be more relevant. Far from being dry economics, Piketty’s […]
Director – Gavin O’Connor – 2020 – US – Cert. 15 – 108m *** Available on VoD from Friday, July 10th Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) has a drink problem. He separated from ex-wife Ange (Janina Gavankar) over a year ago. With his life going nowhere, Jack gets a phone call asking him to drop in […]
Directors – Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies – 2019 – France, Luxembourg – 95m ***** From the Annecy 2020 Online Animation Festival Framed by live action sequences of serial expert, journalist and activist talking heads projected on the sides of urban buildings or rural landmarks, this skilfully uses minimal 2D animation to tell the stories of victims […]
Director – Director – Deon Taylor – 2019 – US – Cert. 15 – 108m ***** Now available to view online : scroll down for details. Right at the start of this, Naomie Harris is walking along a New Orleans street when she’s stopped and harassed by two cops. For no reason. Well, there is […]
Director – Dave Fleischer – 1936 – US – 16m – colour – Oscar nominated ***** Currently streaming on MUBI. A rare, two reeler, colour outing for the Fleischer brothers’ Popeye, this removes him from his usual urban environment to an island populated with fabulous monsters – the opening features snakes, lions, a dragon and […]
Director – Bong Joon Ho – 2013 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 126m South Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer (2013), which never had a theatrical release in the UK during its original, international run, finally appears in the UK on home video. Described as “High Rise on a train” by Mark Kermode, […]
Director – Daniel Goldhaber – 2018 – US – Cert. 15 – 94m ***1/2 An erotic webcam performer discovers to her horror that her online presence has been hacked by an unknown rival, in a film conceived by a real-life cam artist – from the 62nd BFI London Film Festival and on Netflix for a […]
Directors – Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead – 2017 Never go back. Watch a kaleidoscopic marvel, the extraordinary, online trailer for the latest film by (and featuring) independent filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead – in cinemas and digital HD on Friday, June 29th 2018 Quote: “I was told… that they were all going to kill […]