• sif1

    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 ·

    Jonathan Smith presents SUMMER IN FEBRUARY, based on his own original novel. “A triumph of antiquated posturing and quite unimaginative storytelling,” writes Ed Frost.

    Summer in February

  • bi1

    Monday, June 17, 2013 ·

    Guy Pearce steals the show in Drake Doremus’ BREATHE IN, the opening night film at the 67th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

    Breathe In

  • btc

    Sunday, June 16, 2013 ·

    Fabulously gay, darling! For about the first half, anyway. And then BEHIND THE CANDELABRA turns into a slightly dreary tale of human weakness and failure, writes Keith Braithwaite.

    Behind the Candelabra

  • theemptyhome

    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 ·

    Kyrgyzstan’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film in the Academy Awards of 2013, THE EMPTY HOME, explores how individual ambition in the modern world has its price.

    The Empty Home (Pustoi Dom)

  • The Iceman | TakeOneCFF.com

    Monday, June 10, 2013 ·

    Although Michael Shannon delivers a superb performance, THE ICEMAN can only be carried so far by that and his ever-changing facial hair, claims Jim Ross.

    The Iceman

  • Cushing

    Sunday, June 9, 2013 ·

    The Daleks appeared at the Cambridge Picturehouse recently in two films from the Amicus stable, starring that celebrated gentleman of British genre cinema, Peter Cushing.

    Daleks – Invasion Picturehouse 2013AD

  • killing1

    Thursday, June 6, 2013 ·

    Oppenheimer’s “extraordinary, lucid” documentary challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to cinematically reenact their mass-killings. (UK release 28 June)

    The Act of Killing

  • Populaire | TakeOneCFF.com

    Thursday, May 30, 2013 ·

    Andrew Nickolds dives in to this new French comedy, a “primary-coloured confectionery” set in the world of speed typing.

    Populaire

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Monday, October 22, 2012

After Lucia

Peer pressure and teenage bullying have rarely been as agonising and intensely distressing as they are in Michel Franco’s latest, AFTER LUCIA. Ed Frost reviews at the London Film Festival.

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Everyday

Ed Frost, at the London Film Festival, reviews EVERYDAY – Michael Winterbottom’s latest feature; a project elegantly pieced together and filmed over the space of five years.

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Ernest and Celestine

Marrying perfectly judged humour with incessant imagination, ERNEST AND CELESTINE is an absolute joy; an almost faultless 80-minute burst of unabashed delight, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Our Children

Measured and well plotted, OUR CHILDREN is a tough watch and a hefty story from Joachim Lafosse. Ed Frost reviews at the London Film Festival.

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Celeste and Jesse Forever

CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER is a shrewd, likeable and well-meaning indie that couples sympathetic performances with fine writing and sincere humour, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.

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Friday, October 19, 2012

It Was The Son

IT WAS THE SON becomes distractingly frenetic, disoriented by its own irritatingly mismatched tonal shifts that build towards an unsatisfying experience, writes Ed Frost at London Film Festival.

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Friday, October 19, 2012

The We and the I

THE WE AND THE I is the latest offering from distinctive French director Michel Gondry, and is the finest he has been since THE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, writes Ed Frost at London Film Festival.

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Everybody Has a Plan

EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN starts as an original depiction of two siblings at war, yet whatever boldness it carries eventually fades away into murky obscurity, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.