LFF 2021 ‘Belfast’: Kenneth Branagh’s Sectarian Violence for the Whole Family
Belfast is anything but subtle. We start with establishing shots of the modern city with an American Blues soundtrack so generic you’d swear Matthew McConaughey...
Author: Paul Salt
LFF 2021 ‘Boiling Point’ Review: Stephen Graham and Philip Barantini Cook Up a Storm
Inspired by Writer-Director Philip Barantini’s fraught experiences working for a busy restaurant, Boiling Point follows a hectic night in a London fine-dining restaurant. Head Chef Andy Jones...
LFF 2021 ‘The Power of the Dog’ Review: Campion Returns with a Mythic Western Drama
Twelve years after her last feature film, Jane Campion demonstrates masterly vision and control in her adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel. Guest House Owner Rose...
‘No Time to Die’ Review: Worth the Wait? A Fitting End?
Daniel Craig has been James Bond to the public for 15 years. He therefore ties with Roger Moore as the longest serving bond, and yet...
‘The Green Knight’ Review: What it Means to be a Knight
David Lowery’s new film is an extraordinary cinematic experience, challenging the audience to venture into a work rich in symbolism and elusive meaning. It’s a...
Sundance London 2021 Review Roundup: Writing With Fire, Cryptozoo and Human Factors
As Press Screenings for Sundance London 2021 come to a close, I eagerly await my public screenings of Censor and the Surprise Film. Meanwhile, here’s...
Sundance London 2021 ‘Misha and the Wolves’: Overwrought Doc that Buries the Lead
In 1997 Misha Defonseca published a book recounting her extraordinary childhood experience of pursuing her parents through Nazi occupied Europe. On the verge of starvation...
Sundance London 2021 ‘Zola’ Review: Viral Twitter becomes Thrilling Cinema
In 148 tweets, Aziah “Zola” King recounted a shocking story of a stripper’s road trip gone bizarrely and dangerously wrong. Janicza Bravo now realises this...
‘Old’ Review: Shyamalan Horror Plays into Some of His Best Weaknesses
A holidaying family find themselves stuck on a beach that they find themselves unable to leave. Trapped with another family, a couple, a cagey man,...
Sundance London 2021 ‘The Sparks Brothers’ Review: The Artistic Importance of Failure
Filmmaker Edgar Wright chronicles roughly fifty years of work from the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, the co-founders and only constant members of band Sparks....