‘The Oak Room’ Review: Darkness and Mystery at the End of the World, at the Bottom of a Glass
In a dark and dingy bar in the middle of the Canadian wilderness during a fierce storm, two men are drawn together. The weary old...
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‘Mortal Kombat (2021)’ Review: Blood, Guts, but Where’s the Heart?
Centuries after the brutal murder of his ancestor and his family, Cole Young (Lewis Tan) is attacked by the same mysterious assassin (Joe Taslim). He...
‘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 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 ‘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...
BFI Flare 2021 ‘Sublet’ Review: Mellow Tale of Intergenerational Romance
Michael (John Benjamin Hickey) is a travel writer journeying to Tel Aviv for an article. He sublets a small apartment with amateur filmmaker Tomer (Niv...