By Michael McNulty Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott deliver a dud in action thriller Bushwick. Lucy, Pitch Perfect’s Brittany Snow, emerges from a New York subway in Bushwick, with her boyfriend, off to visit Grandma. When a burning man runs through the ticket hall, the two realize something is amiss....
FIRST TRAILER FOR THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER BRIMS WITH SUSPENSE STEEPED IN SUBURBAN GREEK TRAGEDY. From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (THE LOBSTER, DOGTOOTH), starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. - IN UK CINEMAS NOVEMBER 17 - Horror Yorgos Lanthimos Style and we can't wait. Watch this...
By Jim Mackney Edgar Wright appeared seemingly fully formed in 2004 with Shaun of the Dead and has continued to make exciting and engaging cinema ever since. Wright’s films bristle with energy and are composed with visual clarity and a strong focus on wit. Edgar Wright is a thrilling filmmaker...
By James Mackney Move aside Minions, for 'Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie' is the family film of the summer. It has everything: fart jokes, an arch villain who looks like a cross between Albert Einstein and Professor Weetos, sly and silly cultural references and a caped-crusader - in just...
By Michael McNulty Director of Heli, Amat Escalante’s latest offering is a strange cocktail of genres, part social-realist drama and part erotic, magical sci-fi. Set in the Mexican city of Guanajuato, The Untamed draws inspiration from a homophobic newspaper clipping about a gay hospital worker who was murdered. Centring on...
By Anna Power There’s no doubt that this best-selling teen romance novel now brought to the screen is a film of two distinct halves. The first is a very pleasant teen love story, which charms and captivates, the second sees the onset of a plot about to take a nose...
By Michael McNulty Wake in Fright is a film with a more storied history than most. Credited as the film that kick started the Australian New Wave, it was nominated for a Palme d’Or and is one of only two films to have ever been screened twice at Cannes. Directed...
By Michael McNulty Although Quest is not an overtly political film, it is moored in the choppy waters of America’s racial, social and political tensions. Jonathan Olshefski never takes a stand or pushes an agenda, instead he provides an intimate portrait of a struggling family trying to survive. Centring on...
By James Mackney Films about artists and the process of creating art, especially portraiture, can be a risky prospect. There is a fine line between creating an engaging piece of cinema and with that of making the audience feel like they too are sitting in the subject’s chair for hours...