Babylon Review

Damien Chazelle is one of those directors who I haven’t really been able to pin down my opinion on. Whiplash, is a film I absolutely loved, but I was a bit more comparatively lukewarm on La La Land and First Man. With Babylon, Chazelle has made his most excessive and wild film, feeling a bit…

Tár Review

Since we’re now in the midst of Oscar season, more of the high profile films are starting to get released in the UK. In this awards season, there are a few categories where there are multiple contenders, with Best Actress, it is clearly Cate Blanchett’s to lose. As such, I was interested to see the…

Empire of Light Review

So for the first film I’ve seen in the cinema this year I’ve taken advantage of the advanced screenings offered by Cineworld to see Empire of Light, the new film from Sam Mendes. I find Mendes to be a bit of a hit or miss director. For every great film of his like Skyfall or…

2022 End of Year Retrospective

So on the whole I found 2022 to be a bit of a mixed bag for me with film. A lot of the high profile films of the year I ended up finding disappointing, but there were some events I ended up really enjoying. I went to the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival and the Slapstick…