Andy Serkis’s ‘Breathe’ is Sincere, Crowd-pleasing and a Bit Conventional
Today is the first day of the London Film Festival! I was invited to attend a screening of the Opening Night Gala ahead of its...
Author: Paul Salt
From the London Film Festival: 1%, Lean on Pete and Foxtrot
‘1%’ 1% is about large men in leather jackets with big beards, but also big emotions?! The film involves a biker gang whose president has...
‘Mother!’ Review: Aronofsky’s Latest Confounds and Compells
Mother! is the new film by the director of Black Swan. For most of the film’s runtime that felt like Darren Aronofsky’s most pertinent credit....
From the London Film Festival: ‘Beauty and the Dogs’ Review
Late one night in Tunisia, a girl leaves a party with a man. Sometime later the girl is raped by two police officers whilst the...
Dolores Claiborne: The Hidden Gem of Stephen King Adaptations?
Kathy Bates appeared in two Stephen King adaptations in the early nineties and although she won her Oscar for Misery, she insists that her preferred...
From the London Film Festival: ‘Let the Corpses Tan’
Let the Corpses Tan is An utterly bizarre psychosexual thriller from the unique minds of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, the writer-director team behind the...
From the London Film Festival: ‘Promised Land’
A documentary film crew buy Elvis’s old Rolls Royce and drive it around the United States of America. Along the way they pickup celebrity passengers...
‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ Lacks the Charm of the Original
There’s always something a little concerning about Matthew Vaughn’s films. He’s directed some wonderful films: Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, even the first Kingsman! But there’s...
From the London Film Festival: ‘Ingrid Goes West’ Review
Ingrid Goes West is a darkly funny and genuinely sad film. Aubrey Plaza plays Ingrid, a woman who doesn’t know what’s wrong with her or...
‘IT’ review: Horribly Entertaining
Welcome to Stephen-Kingville! Also known as Castle Rock or sometimes Derry, but almost always located in Maine. Perhaps it’s been a while since you were...