The Dead Don't Die 1 August 2019 Art-weird cinema tackles the zombie film in The Dead Don't Die, a shaggy, near-meaningless and characteristically deadpan half-parody from…
In Fabric 1 July 2019 Having very much enjoyed Peter Strickland's previous offerings, Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy, I attended a screening of…
Spectre at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 1 July 2019 Part of this year's Alternative Realities programme, Sheffield Doc/Fest's mixed reality offering, Spectre by Bill Posters and Dr Daniel…
Birds of Passage 1 June 2019 The afterimages of violence circulate through multiple worlds in Birds of Passage, the newest film from the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the…
Avengers: Endgame 1 May 2019 When Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of Avengers: Endgame, pleaded fans not to spoil the plot of the movie coming up to its release, they…
Minding The Gap 1 May 2019 The winner of the Audience Award at last year's Sheffield Doc/Fest, Minding The Gap is a stunning, heartfelt and candid chronicle of the…
Filmreel Greta 5 April 2019 If “Here’s Johnny!” is a catchphrase to strike a chill in the heart, then Greta’s equivalent could be “Mon Cherie”.
Border 1 April 2019 If you like your romances filtered through a Cronenberg lens and sprinkled with a dash of Scandi Noir, you are going to love…
If Beale Street Could Talk 18 March 2019 If Beale Street Could Talk is a colourful film about fading. Both in its examination of race and love, it shows how hope and longing are…
Filmreel Backlot 6 March 2019 Manchester's budding filmmaking talents shared the fruits of their labour at The Yard on 5 April.
Village Screen, 14 Feb, Abbeydale Picture House 1 March 2019 Other than a bit of handholding and the sharing of snacks, a cinema date can leave little time for interaction and connection. But…
Filmreel The Raft 5 February 2019 A film that throws a light onto a social experiment conducted by Santiago Genoves - with the results not being too surprising.
The Favourite 1 February 2019 The Favourite, a genre-defying delight, has at its centre a woman's grief. That this woman is Queen Anne - in a career-defining performance…
Filmreel Who Will Write Our History? 6 January 2019 A profoundly impactful piece, which aims to display as much as possible in conveying the story of the people who created an archive of Polish Jews’ writings and artwork buried beneath the Warsaw ghettos.
Filmreel The Favourite 5 January 2019 The undocumented spaces in history are exploited to add intrigue into the plotline of this tale of backstabbing and political manoeuvring.
