‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Review: Weak Characters and Lots of Running Away
Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) return to one of the islands with dinosaurs on them (weren’t there two?), this time...
Author: Paul Salt
Writer-Director Charles Williams Discusses His Palme d’Or Winning Short Film ‘All These Creatures’
All These Creatures is an atmospheric and deeply personal exploration of our parental relationships and issues such as mental illness and compassion. A young man...
‘L’amant Double’ Review: Francois Ozon’s Psychological Thriller is Erotic and Terrifying
Chloe (Marine Vacth) is a disturbed young woman who falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul (Jeremie Renier). As she becomes suspicious of her new...
‘On Chesil Beach’ Review: Ian McEwan’s Masterpiece Makes it to the Screen Mostly Intact
Ian McEwan adapts his own melancholy masterpiece to the screen. In the repressed England of the early 1960s, a newly married young couple nervously anticipate...
‘Ghost House’ Review: Hints of Sam Raimi
Jim (James Landry Hebert) and Julie (Scout Taylor-Compton) are a young couple on holiday in Thailand. After meeting some British guys they head off into...
‘The Breadwinner’ Review: A Young Girl Saves Her Family in this Animated Treat
In Taliban controlled Kabul, Afghanistan, a man is arrested for using forbidden books to teach his daughters. Unable to leave the house without a man,...
From Cannes: ‘Sofia’ is a Taut Commentary About Society’s Treatment of Women
In Moroco it is illegal to have sex out of wedlock. Unmarried Sofia (Maha Alemi) suddenly discovers she is pregnant just before her waters break....
Best of the Fest – Top 5 Films From Cannes 2018
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival has now closed and the winners of the various contests have been declared. It was my superb honour to have...
A Full Rundown of the Cannes Short Film Competition
I have a tremendous amount of respect for the short film as a form. Concisely but entertainingly rendering a thought or emotion in twenty minutes...
From The Cannes Film Festival: ‘The House That Jack Built’ Is Von Trier at His Most Brutal… And We Loved It!
Lars Von Trier takes us on a walking tour of a serial killer’s mind. The narrative is presented as the serial killer, Jack (Matt Dillon),...