BFI Flare 2022 ‘The Divide (La Fracture)’ Review: Revolutionary Healthcare
As Raf (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and Julie (Marina Foïs) find their relationship falling apart, Paris is being torn apart by the yellow vest protests. Born...
Author: Paul Salt
BFI Flare 2022 “The Sound of Scars” Review: Liberation Through Metal
Vocalists in metal bands spend a lot of time screaming. Guttural growls and shrieks connect them to their fans, many of whom find precious catharsis...
Jen and the Film Critic #5: The Batman, Red Rocket, Ali and Ava, Cyrano, The Duke, and More!
Jen and her film critic, Paul Salt, take on The Batman and the three or four movies brave enough to share a release window with...
‘The Batman’ Review: What if The Dark Knight Rises had been Se7en?
Batman has been re-envisioned for the big screen more frequently and diversely than any other superhero. From Tim Burton’s gothic nightmare to Zak Snyder’s drab...
Jen and the Film Critic #4: Uncharted, Moonfall, Death on the Nile and More!
This week Jen has her film critic review Uncharted, Moonfall, Death on the Nile, Flee, Nightmare Alley, Amulet and The Worst Person in the World!...
Jen and the Film Critic #3: Scream, Parallel Mothers, Belfast, The King’s Man and More
Watch as the Film Critic completely destroys his credibility by disliking a critical darling and enjoying a silly bit of nonsense. Reviews: Scream, Parallel Mothers,...
Jen and the Film Critic #2: The Matrix Resurrections, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza!
Jen asks her film critic about that new Matrix film, the remake of West Side Story, the bafflingly titled Licorice Pizza, TITANE!, The Lost Daughter...
‘Ghostbusters Afterlife’ Review: Is There Any Life in this Franchise?
Nearly forty years after the Ghostbusters fought Goza in New York, a young family (Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard and Carrie Coon) inherit their estranged father/grandfather’s...
LFF 2021 ‘The Harder They Fall’ Review: Ambitious, Bloody and Hollow
A familiar story of retribution unfolds in the old west; a young man (Jonathan Winters) witnesses the murder of his entire family at the hands...
‘Spencer’ Review: Fact vs Authenticity
Anyone who dismisses Pablo Larrain’s new film for it’s factual or historical inaccuracy needs to be banned from cinema. For they have missed the crucial...