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29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)

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Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. Black Mass is a very strange film. It’s a […]

Sundance London 2016 – The Intervention (2016)

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The Intervention, 2016. Written and directed by Clea DuVall. Starring Cobie Smulders, Natasha Lyonne, Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Vincent Piazza and Alia Shawkat. SYNOPSIS: A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their […]

Sundance London 2016 Review – Morris from America (2016)

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Morris from America, 2016. Written and Directed by Chad Hartigan. Starring Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, Levin Henning and Jakub Gierszal. SYNOPSIS: The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany. We’ve all been there, at that moment in life when we feel as though we are detached from everything […]

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Maggie’s Plan (2016)

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Maggie’s Plan, 2016. Directed by Rebecca Miller Starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Wallace Shawn and Julianne Mooore. SYNOPSIS: Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette. If there’s […]

Foursome: Bobby Bukowski talks about Rosewater, Infinitely Polar Bear, 99 Homes & Time Out of Mind

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Trevor Hogg chats with Bobby Bukowski about a busy year of collaborating with four different filmmakers who each had a separate cinematic project… One cannot accuse Bobby Bukowski of having a boring life as he went from studying Biochemistry with the intention of pursuing a medical career to a photographer’s assistant in Paris which resulted […]

70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Jupiter’s Moon (2017)

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Jupiter’s Moon, 2017. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó. Starring: Zsombor Jéger, Merab Ninidze, György Cserhalmi, and Móni Balsai. SYNOPSIS: A Syrian refugee is fatally shot as he crosses the border into Hungary. However, he magically heals and rises from the dead, with the added ability of flying. His presence in the country prompts a manhunt but […]

29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Black Mass (2015)

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Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the notorious gangster who used his status as a FBI informant under John Connolly to take over South Boston. In Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, there is no protagonist. […]

Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers and Rob Zombie’s 31 among Sundance Midnight line-up

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The Sundance Institute has released details of the nine feature films set to screen during the Midnight section of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, which includes the latest films from Kevin Smith and Rob Zombie. 31, Rob Zombie Five friends are kidnapped on the day before Halloween and are held hostage in a terrifying place […]

29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – The Witch (2015)

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The Witch, 2015. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie. SYNOPSIS: A family of settlers is slowly torn apart by supernatural forces in 1630s New England. ‘The scariest film of all time / the year / in decades’ is a phrase that appears on the posters of every single horror […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Elle (2016)

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Elle, 2016. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Laffite, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Christian Berkel and Jonas Bloquet. SYNOPSIS: Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. However her life takes a dramatic turn when she is raped in […]