Classic Review – Tangerines (2013)
Title – Tangerines (2013) Director – Zaza Urushadze (The Confession) Cast – Lembit Ulfsak, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi, Elmo Nüganen Plot – It’s 1992 and war rages on in a […]
Category Archives: Film reviews: Drama
Film Review – Promising Young Woman (2020)
Title – Promising Young Woman (2020) Director – Emerald Fennell (feature debut) Cast – Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Adam Brody Plot – Single 30 […]
Film Review – Nomadland (2020)
Title – Nomadland (2020) Director – Chloé Zhao (The Rider) Cast – Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Charlene Swankie, Linda May Plot – In the aftermath of her husbands death and […]
Film Review – The Dry (2021)
Title – The Dry (2021) Director – Robert Connolly (Balibo) Cast – Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, James Frecheville, John Polson, Matt Nable Plot – Returning to his rural […]
Film Review – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
Title – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) Director – George C. Wolfe (You’re Not You) Cast – Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman Plot – Set in 1927, […]
Short Film Review – Candice (2017)
Title – Candice (2017) Director – George Watson Cast – Nicholas Pinnock, Olivia Poulet Plot – On a walk back home through East London in the midst of a relationship […]
Film Review – Small Axe: Mangrove (2020)
Title – Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) Director – Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) Cast – Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright, Jack Lowden, Sam Spruell Plot – The true story of […]
Film Review – Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Title – Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Director – Mike Figgis (Timecode) Cast – Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands Plot – Alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter Ben Sanderson (Cage) moves to Las […]
Classic Review – Ikiru (1952)
Title – Ikiru (1952) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Cast – Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Nobuo Kaneko, Minoru Chiaki Plot – Diagnosed with terminal cancer, long-serving government office worker […]
Film Review – Sound of Metal (2019)
Title – Sound of Metal (2019) Director – Darius Marder (feature debut) Cast – Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric Plot – Drummer Ruben Stone (Ahmed) has his […]
