A gritty Brit thriller from first-time writer and director Helen Walsh that promises plenty of potential. In the council estates and dingy streets of a nameless and faceless northern city, disillusioned teen Shelly (Lauren McQueen) roams through a life of poverty, fear and petty theft. Haunted by an abusive father and
By Monica Foster. Created in under 48 hours, Tom Bailey’s Circadian Rhythms (2015) explores the nature of illness and biological disorders that are beyond people’s initial control and comprehension. The emphasis on the corporal and the spiritual is introduced at the beginning of the film with a wide and establishing shot
By Alison O'Brien. Film franchises gross billions of dollars each year, and draw in millions of viewers at the box office. They engage their audiences with spectacular effects and star-studded casts who play characters with richer backgrounds than your typical 90-minute flick. These actors and actresses deliver powerful performances and amass
It's an unseasonably cold late-May evening in Berlin and I'm sitting under a blanket in an outdoor cinema. The locals are taking deckchairs from a pile and attempting to set them up near the front. No one knows how they work. Fingers are trapped; chairs collapse. It's like pre-feature performance
By Natalie Morin. Many believe that talent comes with decades of practice. Although this may be true in some cases, there are still some very young actors who, despite their age, display undeniable raw abilities. Take Tatum O'Neal, who won an Oscar for her performance of Paper Moon, making her the
