If Beale Street Could Talk Review

After Moonlight was released a few years ago, I was excited to see what Barry Jenkins would do next. The talent he showed in Moonlight proved he was a director to watch, and he made a big move by making the first film adaptation of the works of James Baldwin. With this film, Barry Jenkins…

Colette Review

This is a film that I hadn’t really heard of until a few months ago but really grabbed my attention when I saw the trailers, especially as a companion piece to The Wife. Now I don’t know how well known French novelist Colette is outside of France, but her works have been translated and she…

Welcome to Marwen Review

The recent films of Robert Zemeckis have been a bit of a mixed bag. Whilst I enjoyed Flight and have a soft spot for Beowulf, he has become on of those directors who has allowed himself to get too attached to technology, in this case motion capture technology. With Welcome to Marwen, Zemeckis tried to…

Vice Review

The earlier films of Adam McKay have never really been my thing. The style of comedy in films like Anchorman, whilst I recognise are decent comedies, are just not for me. That changed with The Big Short which I thought was an excellent look at the 2008 financial crisis, with the tone being the right…

Mary, Queen of Scots Review

Whilst I have a little bit of understanding of the Tudors and Elizabethan society, I can’t say that my knowledge is all there, so films about this time period are a good way to engage my interest. So when it was announced that there was going to be a film about Mary, Queen of Scots…

The Favourite Review

Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the most unique directors working today. I’ve previously reviewed his film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, but reviewing a Lanthimos film does not do justice to them. They are mad, strange, awkward and completely alien to anyone who doesn’t know what to expect. With The Favourite though, Lanthimos is…