Romance and Reggae in Lovers Rock
Steve McQueen, quite simply, is an exquisite filmmaker. As an artist, he is similar to a trained fighter with knowledgeContinue Reading
Tag: England
The Wiley, Windy Moors: Wuthering Heights (2011)
One of my favourite passages about Wuthering Heights is in Truman Capote’s Breakfast At Tiffany’s when Holly Golightly quotes WutheringContinue Reading
Destructive Love and The Red Shoes
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger explored the theme of love in so many ways in their work. Their A MatterContinue Reading
The Lovers and the Hilltop in God’s Own Country
Francis Lee‘s directorial debut opens with the dawning of the day over the Yorkshire Dales, as a small house, shrunkenContinue Reading
Pride & Prejudice & Pandemics
There has been a strange phenomenon during this year in quarantine where thousands of people seem to watch the sameContinue Reading
Audrey (documentary) ★★★
“For the woman who’s most loved in the world…” says Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, “…to have such a lack ofContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of January 2021
Video on Demand By Alex Sitaras The start of the year brings the release of many original films to VOD,Continue Reading
Short Films from the BFI London Film Festival
Ian Floodgate: Short films sometimes get overlooked at film festivals even though they provide the industry an insight into whichContinue Reading
Occultism as Mechanism in A Dark Song
In Liam Gavin‘s full-length directorial debut, grieving mother Sophia (Catherine Walker) contracts with ill-tempered occultist Joseph Solomon (Steve Oram) forContinue Reading
The Devolution into Primality in The Shout
Watching Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout is like watching a distant yet vibrant nightmare. From the very beginning, The Shout disorients usContinue Reading
