Tommy Jessop stars as a teenage boxer with Down's Syndrome, who must fight for his right to enter the ring. Pulled in different directions by his trainer dad and concerned sister, the lad must decide for himself whether the risk is worth the reward. Directed by Bugsy Riverbank-Steel and written by
By Orla Smith. At two points in Call Me by Your Name, when the central pair of lovers kiss, their faces fade out of focus like a memory strained to remember. This is summer 1983, 'somewhere in Northern Italy'. The life-changing summer romance between Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer) feels
Another year, another fourth superhero film. And people wonder why there’s superhero fatigue going around, I know I have that. But, best to keep an open mind on these things – you may be surprised one day. I certainly was with the first Thor. Fun fact, I had actually skipped
By Last Caress. The Unraveling opens on a heroin addict going through the process of injecting his drug of choice. That heroin addict is Michael (Zack Gold), and he's servicing his addiction in a flophouse full of similarly addicted folk, almost all of whom are presently off inside themselves, far from
By Orla Smith. "When it hurts it means it's working". Those words, spoken by The Wound's withdrawn protagonist Xolani (Nakhane Touré), neatly summarises the cultural attitude the film depicts ― and rallies against. Director John Tengrove examines a South African tradition in the Xhosa community, designed to celebrate burgeoning manhood. Annually, teenage
