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 […]
54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Favourite (2018)
The Favourite, 2018. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, Jenny Rainsford, James Smith, Tim Ingall, LillyRose Stevens, Liam Fleming, and Carolyn Saint-Pé. SYNOPSIS: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne (Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Weisz) governs […]
54th Chicago International Film Review – Boy Erased (2018)
Boy Erased, 2018. Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse LaTourette, Britton Sear, Cherry Jones, Joe Alwyn, Théodore Pellerin, and Flea. SYNOPSIS: The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed […]
Movie Review – Operation Finale (2018)
Operation Finale, 2018. Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Greta Scacchi, Peter Strauss, Antonia Desplat, Matt Lindquist, Rainer Reiners, Rocío Muñoz, Tatiana Rodriguez, Ezequiel Campa, Aylam Orian, and Pêpê Rapazote. SYNOPSIS: […]
