Kubrick was Wrong About Critics!
For the most part. “To see a film once and write a review is an absurdity. Yet very few critics ever see a film twice...
Author: Paul Salt
‘The Father’ Review: A Devastating But Humane Voyage through Dementia
Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) is not well. His health and his mind are beginning to fail him. His daughter Anne (Olivia Coleman) tries to get him...
‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Review: Was it Worth it?
After stepped down from the directors chair of 2017’s Justice League owing to personal tragedy, Zack Snyder returns to offer his definitive vision of the...
BFI Flare ‘Rebel Dykes’ Review: Punk Feminist History with a Bang!
Rebel Dykes recounts the moment in British History when feminism met punk. Following a very close-knit group of friends and lovers who lived together throughout the...
BFI Flare 2021 ‘Enfant Terrible’ Review: What is Art Worth?
Following the drama of the short life of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Oliver Masucci). Charting his furious rise from outcast film director to renowned...
BFI Flare 2021 ‘Rurangi’ Review: A Trans Man’s Long Journey Home
Ten years ago Caz left the small dairy town he grew up in. Subsequently he has transitioned and is now a trans activist. Nobody in...
BFI Flare 2021 ‘Jump Darling’ Review: Cloris Leachman’s Final Role is Amongst Her Best!
Russell (Thomas Duplessie) is a struggling actor turned drag artist stays with grandmother who is fighting to remain independent. As he reels from a nasty...
BFI Flare ‘Sweetheart’ Review: Call Me By Your Name at the British Seaside
Aj (Nell Barlow) is stuck on holiday with her family. They reluctantly accept her sexual identity but not her sense of social responsibility and emergent...
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Review: The First Great Film of 2021
Recounting the shocking story of Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton’s (Daniel Kaluuya) last days and his betrayal at the hands of petty thief turned Panther...
BFI Flare ‘My First Summer’ Review: Beautiful and Strange Story of First Love
After her mother commits suicide, hermitic young woman Claudia (Markella Kavenagh) hides in the house, avoiding authorities. Completely unknown to society, she is only able...