A 1984 Period Piece in Present Day: Review. By John Battiston. Before watching Sean Glass's latest short film, A 1984 Period Piece in Present Day, I had never thought it possible to judge a film by, of all things, its title card — or, in this case, cards. But it's
Call Me Brother is a coming-of-age comedy about incest, puberty and teenage sexual awakening. Lisa and Tony are a brother and sister who grew up separately because of their divorced parents and when they are reunited for the summer as teenagers, they grow closer than ever before. This is an
If you weren’t already excited at the prospect of the great Steve McQueen directing five new films as part of an anthology series this year (Small Axe, coming to the BBC in November), the masterful Mangrove would’ve changed all that when it opened the London Film Festival recently. Now, as
Francis Lee, who first impressed audiences with his 2017 Bafta-nominated debut God’s Own Country, never quite creates the same magic with his sophomore feature Ammonite, a well-produced yet flawed romance starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. It’s the 1840s, and famed palaeontologist Mary Anning (Winslet) spends her time walking the beaches
Festival season is upon us, which means hours spent glued to computer screens due to the current COVID conditions. While the situation does put a damper on the typical festival spirit, it does allow critics like me the chance to sift through a wide array of content fairly easily. With
