Wildfire (2020) BFI LFF Review
Nika McGuigan and Nora-Jane Noone shine in Cathy Brady’s feature debut ‘Wildfire’, an Irish drama that ponders a lot of topics at the expense of its narrative. Jack Cameron reviews.
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Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Review
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), from screenwriter-director Agnès Varda, the only female film director of the French New Wave, is filmed with love rather than contempt according to Eve O’Dea in this review.
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They did it. We had one. A good shark movie. So why has it been so difficult for anyone else to come close to matching ‘Jaws’ in the 45 years since its release? Martha Lane breaks it down.
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A satire from ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ director Taika Waititi that, even when examining Nazis, proves “love will always win over hate in the end” according to Bradley Weir in his review of ‘Jojo Rabbit’ (2019).
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Tom Harper film ‘The Aeronauts’ (2019) starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones “transforms reality into something poetic and magical that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible”, according to Holly Weaver in her review.
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Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), from director Ruben Fleischer and starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone, is too self-congratulatory. Sophie Butcher reviews…
Read MoreFabric Love: Costume in Gay Cinema
The role of clothing in male-male romances is very distinct. Annice White takes you through the how and why with comparisons between ‘Call Me By Your Name’, ‘God’s Own Country’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’.
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Hammer, perhaps the most iconic horror movie company in the world, mirrored some of its classic films to come back from the dead. But what happened next? Kieran Judge examines…
Read MoreHidden Figures (2017) Review
‘Hidden Figures’ (2017), one of the Oscars’ Best Picture nominees, telling the tale of some of the black women who took the US to the moon, has been reviewed by Elle Cole.
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December 11, 2023
2024 Golden Globe Awards – Film Nominees
The nominees for the 81st Golden Globe Awards have been announced,