Are you ready for another twisted look into the mind of Yorgos Lanthimos? The filmmaker is back with another directorial effort, months after his film Poor Things cleaned up at the Academy Awards, and he’s bringing along his Best Actress winner, Emma Stone. The pair are teaming up for Kinds of Kindness, a thrilling new […]
Movie Review – Stars at Noon (2022)
Stars at Noon, 2022. Directed by Claire Denis. Starring Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Benny Safdie, John C. Reilly, Danny Ramirez, Nick Romano, Robin Durán, Stephan Proaño, Héctor Moreno, Sebastian Donoso, and Monica Bartholomew. SYNOPSIS: In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in […]
Movie Review – Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
Catherine Called Birdy, 2022. Written and Directed by Lena Dunham Starring Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott, Joe Alwyn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Lesley Sharp, Paul Kaye, Ralph Ineson, Archie Renaux, Douggie McMeekin, Isis Hainsworth, Antony Bunsee, Saskia Chana, Rita Bernard-Shaw, Christophe Tek, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Jordan Adene, Moya Brady, David Bradley, Adam Aziz, Jake Middleton Cooke, Angus […]
Trailer for erotic thriller Stars at Noon starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn
A24 has released a trailer for director Claire Denis’ 2022 Cannes Grand Prix winner Stars at Noon. Based on Denis Johnson’s novel of the same name, the erotic thriller stars Margaret Qualley as an American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua, as she strikes up a romance with a mysterious English businessman (Joe Alwyn) who she […]
TV Review – Conversations With Friends
Chris Connor reviews Conversations with Friends… Normal People became an absolute sensation during the first lockdown in 2020 with audiences finding comfort in the complex relationship between Marianne and Connell with star making turns from Daisy-Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal. Just over two years later and BBC Three/Hulu have belatedly followed this smash hit with […]
Movie Review – The Souvenir Part II (2021)
The Souvenir Part II, 2021. Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg. Starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn, Harris Dickinson, Ariane Labed, Richard Ayoade, Jack McMullen, Amber Anderson, Alice McMillan, Tosin Cole, James Spencer Ashworth, Frankie Wilson, Barbara Peirson, James Dodds, Oli Bauer, Lydia Fox, and Jaygann Ayeh. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath […]
Movie Review – The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
The Last Letter from Your Lover, 2021. Directed by Augustine Frizzell. Starring Felicity Jones, Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Nabhaan Rizwan, Joe Alwyn, Diana Kent and Ben Cross. SYNOPSIS: When a journalist finds a love letter while searching her newspaper’s archive, she delves back into the past and uncovers the story of a passionate affair with […]
Movie Review – Mary, Queen of Scots (2018)
Mary, Queen of Scots, 2018. Directed by Josie Rourke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Maria Dragus, Eileen O’Higgins, Liah O’Prey, Izuka Hoyle, Brendan Coyle, Martin Compston, Gemma Chan, and Ismael Cruz Córdova. SYNOPSIS: Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned […]
Luca Guadagnino to write and direct Brideshead Revisited for the BBC
Deadline is reporting that Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino is set to write and direct a new miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel Brideshead Revisited for the BBC. Exploring themes of aristocratic nostalgia, Catholicism, and homosexuality, Brideshead Revisited follows Captain Charles Ryder and his relationships with the Flytes, an aristocratic […]
Movie Review – Harriet (2019)
Harriet, 2019. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Jennifer Nettles, Joe Alwyn, Tim Guinee, Deborah Ayorinde, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tory Kittles, Omar J. Dorsey, Zackary Momoh, Mike Marunde, and Claire Bronson. SYNOPSIS: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one […]
