The Good Boy (a.k.a. Heel), 2025.Directed by Jan Komasa Starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen.SYNOPSIS:Nineteen-year-old Tommy lives an unruly life of criminality until he is kidnapped by a stranger. He soon finds himself trapped in a dysfunctional family dynamic, where he is forced to change his behaviour to become a ‘good boy’.Jan […]
Movie Review – Heel (2025)
Heel (a.k.a. The Good Boy), 2025.Directed by Jan Komasa. Starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen, Austin Haynes, Callum Booth-Ford, Monika Frajczyk, and Savannah Steyn.SYNOPSIS:A 19-year-old criminal, Tommy, is kidnapped and forced into a rehabilitation process by a dysfunctional couple, Chris and Kathryn, who try to make him a “good boy.” Tommy must […]
Exclusive Interview – Heel’s Jan Komasa, Anson Boon and Kit Rakusen
EJ Moreno sits down with the director and stars of Heel (a.k.a. The Good Boy)…Heel has a powerhouse filmmaker bringing great work out of his actors, and they all join Flickering Myth for an in-depth conversation. Director Jan Komasa dives into the film’s complex tone and what he wants viewers to take away from Heel‘s […]
Trailer for The Good Boy (a.k.a. Heel) starring Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Anson Boon
Following its London Film Festival premiere last year under the title of Good Boy [read our review here], Signature has announced that it is bringing director Jan Komasa’s acclaimed thriller to UK audiences this March under the title of The Good Boy, with Magnolia Pictures also releasing in the United States with the title Heel.Starring […]
Trailer for thriller Anniversary starring Diane Lane, Phoebe Dynevor and Kyle Chandler
Lionsgate has released a trailer for director Jan Komasa’s upcoming thriller Anniversary.The film centres on couple Ellen and Paul as their lives fall apart after their son brings home a new girlfriend, Liz, a former student of Ellen’s who is deeply involved in a controversial rising movement known as “The Change”.The cast include Diane Lane, […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam Review – Corpus Christi (2019)
Corpus Christi, 2019.Directed by Jan Komasa. Starring Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek, Leszek Lichota and Zdzislaw Wardejn.SYNOPSIS:After being released from juvenile prison, Daniel poses as a priest in a small village who needs him just as much as he needs them.Few films strive to deal with the enormity of religious faith, daunted […]
