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...
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‘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...
LFF 2020 ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Review: Last Orders
Following the final day of operation of an American bar as it’s patrons celebrate good times past, bond with each other and fight a little....
LFF 2020 ‘Mangrove’ Review: How Far Can A Community be Pushed?
Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes) runs a resturuant catering towards black people in Notting Hill in the 1960s. Chriclow and his community are regularly terrorised by...
LFF 2020 ‘I am Samuel’ Review: A Gay Kenyan Man Seeks Understanding From His Family
Samuel is a gay Kenyan man. Over five years we see him struggle against a society that hates him for who he is, including his...
‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: The Punk Rock History of an Outlaw
Justin Kurzel has an eye for terrible beauty. The desolation of this film’s 19th century Victoria is fanciful gorgeous. Bright lights strike tall shadows across...
LFF 2019 ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: Charming, Playful, Wonderful
David Copperfield is born into a household beset with misfortune. Owing to a cruel stepfather, he is made to travel to London to work in...
LFF 2019 ‘The Lighthouse’ Review: Sheer Madness
Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) takes a lonely role working a lighthouse on an otherwise uninhabited remote island with only his employer for company (Willem Dafoe)....
LFF 2019 ‘Uncut Gems’ Review: A Nightmarish Spiral into Chaos
Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) is a Jewish jewellery shop owner with a gambling addiction and a short temper. As he comes into possession of a...