With the way the world has been politically lately – what with the controversial President Donald Trump and the even more controversial post-Brexit Britain – it makes sense that we now get a political parody film. Luckily, Armando Iannucci, the creator of Alan Partridge and The Thick of It, and
Who doesn’t love a good mystery? There has always been enjoyment in the old “who-dun-it” story. It’s so satisfying looking at all the clues yourself and discovering which of the characters presented is the villain. Sadly, this only really works when the story is, well, good. I don’t think anyone
Anxiety-filled, stimulating and dull could describe those distressingly fabulous years between twelve and twenty. HEARTSTONE, Icelandic writer-director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s first feature-length film, has managed to capture all of this. The story was partially inspired by his own experience: “The village was an environment full of contrasts, where the sun
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
