Sundance London 2021 ‘Zola’ Review: Viral Twitter becomes Thrilling Cinema
In 148 tweets, Aziah “Zola” King recounted a shocking story of a stripper’s road trip gone bizarrely and dangerously wrong. Janicza Bravo now realises this...
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‘Old’ Review: Shyamalan Horror Plays into Some of His Best Weaknesses
A holidaying family find themselves stuck on a beach that they find themselves unable to leave. Trapped with another family, a couple, a cagey man,...
Sundance London 2021 ‘Together Together’ Review: Sweetly Endearing Pregnancy Comedy
Feeling he is missing out and sick of waiting for the right partner to come along, Matt (Ed Helms) decides to become a single father...
‘Army of the Dead’ Review: Has Snyder rediscovered his sense of fun?
In this startlingly original tale a dirty dozen/suicide squad are assembled to infiltrate a walled off American city (think Escape from New York) to retrieve...
‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Review: Has the Franchise Run Out of Ideas?
Paranormal Detectives Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) tackle another case of demonic possession. A young man is charged with murder but...
We See Saw #5: Saw 5 (2007)
It’s finally the next day in Sawville! A whole new day of ridiculous acting, ridiculous plot twists and some gory traps! But how does it...
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...
Critics vs Creators: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Earlier this week, critic Jerry Saltz tweeted an Oscar Wilde quote that has pissed off a few thousand people. It reads: “A good critic always...
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: The Theft of Black Voices
Ma Rainey is a legend in the 1920s Black Soul community. The respect and excitement she inspires in the people around her have finally been...
LFF 2020 ‘Limbo’ Review: Migrants at the End of the World
Every year the film festival features films about the urgent crisis of worldwide immigration including the horrible circumstances that push people out of their home...