To coincide with the highly acclaimed new film Scarborough, we spoke to writer-director Barnaby Southcombe (I, Anna) at the UK Premiere about the films which inspired him. In Scarborough, two mismatched lovers arrive at the British seaside town of Scarborough, seeking an escape from the constraints of real life. Liz, desperately shy and beautiful, seems […]
Are These Really The Best Films Of The Year?
This week, Neil Calloway questions another films of the year list… On Friday, Sight & Sound Magazine announced their top films of 2016. It’s an eye-opening list, though perhaps for the wrong reasons. According to the critics surveyed, Toni Erdmann is the winner. You’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s the name of Angela Merkel’s […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – American Honey (2016)
American Honey, 2016 Directed by Andrea Arnold Starring Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough. SYNOPSIS: Disaffected, blue-collar American teen Star (Sasha Lane), a self-described ‘American Honey’, leaves her unhappy home life behind to hit the road with a gang of misfit stragglers who travel across the USA scamming people out of their money. On the way […]
Shia LaBeouf dances to Rihanna in a new clip from American Honey
With just a week to go until its UK release, Universal Pictures has debuted a new clip from writer-director Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Jury Prize-winning drama American Honey which sees Shia La Beouf’s Jake dancing to Rihanna’s We Found Love in the middle of a supermarket; take a look below after the official synopsis… Star (Sasha Lane), an […]
Second American Honey trailer features Bruce Springsteen’s Dream Baby Dream
Two months after the breathtaking first trailer for Andrea Arnold’s American Honey was released, A24 has unveiled a brand new trailer for the film, set to Bruce Springsteen’s “Dream Baby Dream.” Springsteen’s version of the song is actually a cover of the original by Suicide, but who better to be heard in the trailer for a […]
First trailer for American Honey starring Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf
A first trailer has arrive online for acclaimed writer-director Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Jury Prize-winning American Honey which stars Shia LaBeouf, Sasha Lane, Riley Keough and Will Patton; check it out below after the official synopsis… Star (Sasha Lane), an adolescent girl from a troubled home, runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest […]