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 […]
Movie Review – The Thing with Feathers (2025)
The Thing with Feathers, 2025. Written and Directed by Dylan Southern. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Jessie Cave, Sam Spruell, Leo Bill, Vinette Robinson, Garry Cooper, Tim Plester, Richard Boxall and Henry Boxall. SYNOPSIS: After a tragic loss, a grieving father tries to raise his young sons whilst dealing with an unlikely, unpredictable and uninvited […]
Slow Horses Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘Scars’
Chris Connor reviews the season 5 finale of Slow Horses… Slow Horses has steadily been building momentum across its fifth season, culminating in another explosive finale that sees the end of Will Smith’s tenure at the helm. The truth around Tara and her accomplices comes out, threatening to destablise the UK’s security services unless their […]
Exclusive Interview – Ballad of a Small Player screenwriter Rowan Joffé
Chris Connor chats with Ballad of a Small Player screenwriter Rowan Joffé… Fresh off its gala screening at the London Film Festival, we spoke with Ballad of a Small Player’s screenwriter Rowan Joffé about the challenges of bringing Lawrence Osborne’s acclaimed source material to life. The film like the novel, follows Lord Doyle a down […]
Slow Horses Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘Circus’
Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Slow Horses season 5… Slow Horses’ fifth season heads into its endgame with all sorts of questions circling: will Coe and River face repercussions for Gimbell’s death? The bad actors appear splintered but are succeeding all the same. What is their ultimate endgame? We open with one of […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Left-Handed Girl
Left-Handed Girl, 2025. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou. Starring Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, and Brando Huang. SYNOPSIS: A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity. Fresh off four Oscar wins […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Dan Deacon on scoring HBO’s Task
Chris Connor chats with Task composer Dan Deacon… HBO’s Task has been one of the best reviewed shows of recent months, living up to the lofty expectations following Brad Inglesby’s widely acclaimed Mare of Easttown. We sat down with the show’s composer Dan Deacon to discuss how the show differed to some of the previous […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blue Moon
Blue Moon, 2025. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale, and Margaret Qualley. SYNOPSIS: Tells the story of Lorenz Hart’s struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of “Oklahoma!”. Rodgers and Hart were one of the principal songwriting partnerships of the Great American […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague, 2025 Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson, Jodie Ruth-Forest, Bruno Dreyfürst, Benjamin Clery, Matthieu Penchinat, Pauline Belle, Paolo Luka-Noé and Jade Phan-Gia. SYNOPSIS: After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Saipan
Saipan, 2025. Directed by Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa. Starring Steve Coogan, Éanna Hardwicke, Jack Hickey, Harriet Cains, Alice Lowe, Jamie Beamish, Alex Murphy, and Peter McDonald. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team’s preparation base in […]
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