First a Girl
FIRST A GIRL: a British musical comedy with well-staged song and dance numbers, a properly comic script and a collection of fine performers orbiting around its talented and charismatic star, Jessie Matthews.
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The Dead Don’t Die
THE DEAD DON’T DIE is not groundbreaking, but Jim Jarmusch manages to breathe some new life into the (un)dead genre. Joe McLauchlan reviews from Cannes 2019.
The Climb
THE CLIMB is an American comedy screened as part of the Un Certain Regard selection of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival – Tina Kendall reviews.
Deerskin (Le Daim)
French black comedy DEERSKIN (LE DAIM), screened as part of the Director’s Fortnight selection at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival.
Sorry To Bother You
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU is a bold and distinctive vision that is rightly nowhere near as apologetic as the title. Jim Ross reviews.
The Divine Order
THE DIVINE ORDER is an enjoyable tale of personal progress mirroring society, despite numerous shortcomings. Jim Ross reviews at Glasgow Film Festival 2018.
Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies
Mark Liversidge had fun with this satisfyingly splattery tale of zombies taking over a mountain retreat.
Student Review: Infinitely Polar Bear
Raising children is hard, even more so when you suffer from manic depression. Despite the challenges a film like this would pose, INFINITELY POLAR BEAR tackles them head on. Maggie (Zoe Saldana) has 2 daughters with husband Cam (Mark Ruffalo) who has bipolar disorder. When Maggie leaves for university, it’s up to him to take … Continue reading Student Review: Infinitely Polar Bear
Tridentfest
TRIDENTFEST continues to demonstrate the collective’s evolution as talented film makers with a wide set of skills, writes Mark Liversidge.
Prince Avalanche
The performances of the film’s two leads are strong enough to carry PRINCE AVALANCHE’s meandering and sometimes surreal plot, writes Sophie Skinner.