Attachment, 2022. Directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason. Starring Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl and David Dencik. SYNOPSIS: A Danish woman travels to England after her new girlfriend falls ill, only to find it difficult to adjust to living with her Orthodox Jewish mother – who seems obsessed with strange rituals. The idea of shared […]
Movie Review – Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)
Christmas Bloody Christmas, 2022. Directed by Joe Begos. Starring Riley Dandy, Sam Delich and Abraham Benrubi. SYNOPSIS: A robotic shopping mall Santa Claus comes to life and promptly embarks upon a Christmas Eve killing spree. Christmas and horror are excellent bedfellows, with the forced smiles of the festive season easily twisted into vile grimaces. If […]
Movie Review – Anaïs in Love (2021)
Anaïs in Love, 2021. Directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet. Starring Anaïs Demoustier, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Denis Podalydès, Jean-Charles Clichet, Anne Canovas, Christophe Montenez and Xavier Guelfi. SYNOPSIS: A directionless young woman becomes fascinated with the writer wife of an older man after she begins an affair with him. Earlier this year, Joachim Trier’s terrific drama The […]
Movie Review – Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Bodies Bodies Bodies, 2022. Directed by Halina Reijn. Starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Lee Pace, and Pete Davidson. SYNOPSIS: Chaos and bloodshed spreads across a group of teens when a party game played during a hurricane turns very nasty indeed. It’s easy to laugh at Gen Z. They’re […]
Movie Review – Tomorrow Morning (2022)
Tomorrow Morning, 2022. Directed by Nick Winston. Starring Samantha Barks, Ramin Karimloo, Oliver Clayton, Fleur East, George Maguire, Harriet Thorpe, Omid Djalili, Joan Collins and Henry Goodman. SYNOPSIS: Two pivotal days in the life of a couple interweave – the 24 hours before their wedding and the preparation for the settlement hearing around their divorce […]
Movie Review – Crimes of the Future (2022)
Crimes of the Future, 2022. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Don McKellar. SYNOPSIS: In a future where medical advances have eliminated pain for most, performance artists engage in extreme body modification and the growth of unusual new organs. It’s difficult to think of anyone who would be more […]
Movie Review – Benedetta (2021)
Benedetta, 2021. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia, Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A nun at an Italian convent believes she experiences visions of Jesus Christ himself, and pursues a romantic relationship with another woman. When you watch a movie by Paul Verhoeven, you know you’re not in for an easy […]
Movie Review – Mr Malcolm’s List (2022)
Mr Malcolm’s List, 2022. Directed by Emma Holly Jones. Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Freida Pinto, Zawe Ashton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Theo James, Naoko Mori and Ashley Park. SYNOPSIS: In the high society of 1800s London, an eligible bachelor with a list of requirements for his future wife looks set to get a rude awakening when a woman […]
Movie Review – Paris, 13th District (2021)
Paris, 13th District, 2021. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Noémie Merlant, Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth and Camille Léon-Fucien. SYNOPSIS: A selection of young people navigate sex and relationships in Paris. Is there anything more French than a multi-stranded, monochrome drama about young Parisians having sex with each other? That’s what Jacques Audiard has […]
Movie Review – Eiffel (2021)
Eiffel, 2021. Directed by Martin Bourboulon. Starring Romain Duris, Emma Mackey, Pierre Deladonchamps, Armande Boulanger and Bruno Raffaelli. SYNOPSIS: As he prepares to build the monument that would define Paris, Gustave Eiffel is visited by a face from his past. I’ve never given much thought to why the Eiffel Tower is the shape that it […]
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