Another film to suffer a delayed release date due to the pandemic, The Green Knight brings a new retelling of the Arthurian legend, David Lowery’s epic sees Oscar nominee Dev Patel lead the cast as Gawain, a man who aspires to be knighted and among the company of King Arthur (Sean Harris) and his knights.… Read More The Green Knight (2021)
No Time To Die has finally been released and is no doubt one of the most anticipated films of the year. Marking Daniel Craig’s final outing as MI6 agent James Bond, there has been a lot of excitement for this film to come out and following numerous delays, it was definitely worth the wait. Not… Read More No Time To Die (2021)
There have been countless horror reboots, prequels and sequels released this year that have been taking the industry by storm with some proving to be successful (Candyman) and others not as much (Spiral). Regardless, revisiting classic horror franchises seems to be a way to bring that nostalgia for horror fans. However, whereas some of these… Read More Wrong Turn (2021)
One of the big films to come out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival was Annette, the English language debut from French director Leos Carax. Following the relationship between controversial stand-up comedian, Henry McHenry (Adam Driver) and famous soprano, Ann Defrasnoux (Marion Cotillard), Annette is an epic in terms of the various themes it explores… Read More Annette (2021)
As cinemas have gradually been getting back to normal, a lot has been riding on the release of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. The sequel to the much maligned 2016 film, Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad may not have a title that clearly distinguishes it from its predecessor but the standard in overall quality couldn’t… Read More The Suicide Squad (2021)
Jason Lei Howden’s 2019 action film Guns Akimbo had a massive amount of hype in the lead up to its release thanks to various amounts of images shared of the film’s lead Daniel Radcliffe walking around New York in a frenzy in his dressing gown while sporting guns. People thought Radcliffe was having a breakdown… Read More Guns Akimbo (2019)
Florian Zeller’s directorial feature debut The Father was undoubtedly subject to a lot of critical and commercial praise and emerged as a favourite among many critic’s Best Film lists going into the Oscars. Starring Anthony Hopkins as Anthony, a father who is suffering with dementia, the film follows his deterioration into memory loss and despair… Read More The Father (2020)
One film that has received unanimous praise is Lee Isaac Chung’s beautiful drama, Minari. Starring Steven Yeun as Jacob, the patriarch of the Yi family who have immigrated to America from Korea. Having previously lived in California with wife, Monica (Han Ye-ri), daughter, Anne (Noel Kate Cho) and son, David (Alan Kim), the family moves… Read More Minari (2020)
Sound of Metal has been on the minds of many film fans for years now. With images first released a couple of years, it was definitely worth the wait. Darius Marder’s directorial debut is a fantastic study into deafness. Following heavy metal drummer, Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed), whose life is turned upside down as he… Read More Sound of Metal (2019)
One film that I have seen receive a lot of praise at this year’s BFI Flare Festival is Daniel Sanchez Lopez’s directorial feature debut Boy Meets Boy. With the script written by Sanchez Lopez and Hannah Renton, the film follows British junior doctor, Harry (Matthew James Morrison) who is on a weekend trip in Berlin… Read More BFI Flare Festival 2021: Boy Meets Boy
