‘Shazam!’ Review: DC Heads Deeper Into Marvel Territory
Billy Batson (Asher Angel) is obsessed with finding his lost birth mother, regularly running away from foster homes to pursue her. When he is placed...
Author: Paul Salt
‘Look Away’ Review: What’s Lurking Behind The Surface?
Maria (India Eisley) is a shy girl with a lot of problems. She has bullies at school, a crush on her best friend’s boyfriend, and...
“The Haunting of Sharon Tate” Review: Too Dull to be Scandalous?
Hilary Duff plays fated actress Sharon Tate in the last few days of her life. Tate begins to see visions of her own grisly fate....
‘JT Leroy’ Review: Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern Share a Boy’s Life in Bizarre True Story
Based on a true story, Savanah Knoop (Kristen Stewart) is recruited by Laura Albert (Laura Dern) to embody her literary alter ego, JT Leroy. As...
BFI Flare: ‘Sunburn’ Review: Sun, Sex, Secrets
A sun drenched drama in which four very close friends (Ricardo Pereira, Oceana Basilio, Nuno Pardal and Ricardo Barbosa) share a sunny holiday home. Their...
‘Us’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Latest is Even Crazier than Get Out, But Is It As Good?
Get Out director Jordan Peele’s new film sees Adelaide Thomas (Lupita Nyong’o) returns to the site of a childhood trauma with her husband (Winston Duke)...
BFI Flare: ‘Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life’ Review: Porn, Drugs and Mum
Documentary filmmaker Tomer Heymann directs his lens at the life of internationally acclaimed gay porn star Jonathan Agassi. Picking up just as he wins an...
BFI Flare ‘Vita and Virginia’ Review: Transgressive Period Love Story
Vita Sackville-West is a struggling writer who finds herself constricted by the expectations that come with status and family. She becomes enamored with a fellow...
Jimmy Dean Interview: Short Films, Vampires, and Adolescence
Jimmy Dean discusses his latest short film about a young woman who’s vampirism is the least of her worries. Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/user37576817 What interested...
‘Captain Marvel’ Review: It Won’t Change The World, But It Will Entertain It
Vers is a human inhabitant of the Kree homeworld. She is a member of an elite military unit called Starforce where she is mentored by...