Chris Connor reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars: Andor… Andor has built a huge degree of tension and stakes through its episodic storytelling, allowing the various threads to intertwine and feel a key part of the series. Here in the tenth episode ‘One Way Out’, the thread of the past two episodes of the […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 9 Review – ‘Nobody’s Listening’
Chris Connor reviews the ninth episode of Star Wars: Andor… Andor’s ninth episode ranks among the seasons’ best to date, capturing the grim reality of life under Imperial rule and a real sense of despair pervading our characters’ fates and the desperation that forces them to act. Especially bleak are the sequences within the prison […]
Exclusive Interview – Living director Oliver Hermanus
Chris Connor chats with Living director Oliver Hermanus… To coincide with its wide release this week, we sat down with Living director Oliver Hermanus to discuss the film playing at the festival, working with the acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and the challenges and opportunities presented by adapting Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru and reinterpreting it for a […]
Star Wars: Andor Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Narkina 5’
Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of Star Wars: Andor… After the cliffhanger ending of the previous episode and Cassian’s incarceration, Andor’s eighth episode, ‘Narkina 5′ sees many of the disparate story threads begin to convalesce as the Empire tightens its grip and we see wider signs of the fledgling rebel movement. This episode is […]
House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale Review – ‘The Black Queen’
Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of House of the Dragon… After its ninth episode focused on the Greens, led by Queen Alicent, the finale of season one of House of the Dragon, ‘The Black Queen’, shifts focus to Rhaenyra and Daemon as the pair learn of the death of King Viserys and installment […]
Movie Review – All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)
All Quiet On The Western Front, 2022. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Felix Kammerer , Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Edin Hasanovic, Adrian Grünewald, Thibault De Montalembert, Daniel Brühl, and Devid Striesow. SYNOPSIS: A young German soldier’s terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I. Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel […]
Movie Review – Decision to Leave (2022)
Decision to Leave, 2022. Written & Directed by Park Chan Wook. Starring Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, and Go Kyung-pyo. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. Park Chan-wook is one of the most acclaimed directors of the […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 7 Review – ‘Announcement’
Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Star Wars: Andor… After a thrilling heist-focused episode last time around, Andor settles down in its seventh episode ‘Announcement’ as the aftermath of the Aldhani heist is felt both from within the rebels and the Empire. If more sedate, this episode maintains the forward momentum the series has […]
House of the Dragon Episode 9 Review – ‘The Green Council’
Chris Connor reviews the ninth episode of House of the Dragon… After the death of King Viserys at the end of ‘Lord of the Tides’, the penultimate episode of House of the Dragon’s first season focuses on the line of succession and attempts by Queen Alicent to install her eldest son Aegon on the Iron […]
2022 BFI London Film Festival Review – Klokkenluider
Klokkenluider, 2022. Written & Directed by Neil Maskell. Starring Tom Burke, Jenna Coleman, Dominic Mallet, Sura Dohnke, Roger Evans, and Amit Shah. SYNOPSIS: A darkly comic, character-driven thriller following a government whistleblower and his forthright wife as they are sent to a remote house in Belgium. Joined by two close protection officers, they await the […]
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