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Rene van Pannevis places the stark reality of the life of a young carer centre stage in his powerful film, Looted. In his debut feature, van Pannevis draws from his own life experiences with this Hartlepool set story. It tells of Rob,…

Harry Michell follows his acclaimed feature directorial debut, Chubby Funny with the arresting new black comedy, Say Your Prayers, a story of two unexpected hitmen set against the unlikely backdrop of the Ilkley Literature Festival. …

Having already inspired an opera and a stage play, J.M Coetzee’s novel, Waiting For The Barbarians, now comes to the screen with a script by the author himself. Experiencing this tale purely in the form of this movie adaptation, directed…

Grégory Magne follows up his feature directorial debut, L’air de rien with the charming Perfumes, a tale of the transformative consequences of a connection formed between two contrasting personalities.Once the darling of the perfume…

The pandemic has meant that films which belong in the cinema have reductively been banished to TV. There are though some movies of a small scale which are effective regardless of the size of screen upon which they are shown. Such a piece…

The new World War II drama, Greyhound, has made its debut on fledging streaming service, Apple TV+, consigned courtesy of COVID-19 to the small screen. Tom Hanks has expressed his disappointment that his passion project will not receive…

Stories of the lives of the famous delivered by their offspring are always to be approached with caution being often either too adoring or excessively harsh. The overt bitterness of Mommie Dearest by Joan Crawford’s daughter, Christina…