Hamnet, 2025.Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal. Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, and Noah Jupe.SYNOPSIS:A powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.Shakespeare’s works are known the world over, and his personal life has been examined before on screen, notably in Shakespeare in Love. […]
2025 London Film Festival Review – The Mastermind
The Mastermind, 2025.Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Starring Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffmann, and Bill Camp.SYNOPSIS:An unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief plans his first big heist, and when things go haywire, his life unravels.Kelly Reichardt is a hard director to pin down; she has built a reputation on eclectic, distinct […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bad Apples
Bad Apples, 2025.Directed by Jonatan Etzler. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eddie Waller, Jacob Anderson, Rakie Ayola, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder.SYNOPSIS:A struggling primary school teacher begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured.There has been something of an education crisis in the UK for some time now with a shortage of teachers […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ballad of a Small Player
Ballad of a Small Player, 2025.Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, and Alex Jennings.SYNOPSIS:When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.Edward Berger has been on an […]
Slow Horses Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘Tall Tales’
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Slow Horses season 5…After an explosive second episode, Slow Horses’ fifth season takes time to breathe as the tension escalates and the antagonists strike several blows. Ho is taken to The Park in some memorable exchanges with The Dogs and Diana Taverner, with Chris Chung once again a […]
Exclusive Interview – The Mastermind composer Rob Mazurek
Chris Connor chats with The Mastermind composer Rob Mazurek…Rob Mazurek is a celebrated musician on the jazz circuit as part of Chicago Underground. He has now made his film scoring debut with Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind. We sat down with him to discuss making his first film score, collaborating with Reichardt and how he found […]
Slow Horses Season 5 Episode 2 Review – ‘Incommunicado’
Chris Connor reviews the second episode of Slow Horses season 5…Slow Horses returned for its fifth season with an explosive opener with the Abbotsfield shooting and aftermath its clear the Slough House crew will once again have their work cut out and with Roddy Ho implicated, the case is closer to Aldersgate than they may […]
Slow Horses Season 5 Episode 1 Review – ‘Bad Dates’
Chris Connor reviews the season 5 premiere of Slow Horses…Slow Horses’ fourth season brought in the largest audience for the show to date. The explosive plot featuring a plot to destabilise the park and a storyline close to River and David Cartwright, upped the action and set anticipation high. The show returns with its fifth […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘New Life and New Civilizations’
Chris Connor reviews the season three finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds…Strange New Worlds Season three has proven another hit for Paramount, continuing the journey of Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew. The question ahead of its finale for fans would be whether it could stick the landing and tie up loose threads while […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 9 Review – ‘Terrarium’
Chris Connor reviews the ninth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3…Strange New Worlds has of course tipped its hat frequently to the 1960s show that saw the birth of the behemoth, while charting its own course through regions unknown. The penultimate episode of its third season pays direct homage to the classic […]
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