I’ve often wondered what it was like to watch The Phantom Menace in the cinema. Sitting down after so much build up, only to face two hours of VFX fetishism, […]
Tag: Film Review
The Disaster Artist Review
The Disaster Artist is the story behind the making of The Room, one of cinema’s most popular ‘so bad it’s good’ movies. Dave Franco plays Greg Sestero, a young, handsome budding actor. […]
Review: Human Flow + Q&A with Ai Weiwei
“Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy.” Nizzar Quabbani, Syrian Poet Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend […]
Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Now, we all know the story of A Christmas Carol, as there have been so many incarnations of the original book it’s nearly impossible to avoid. But how many people know […]
Review: Justice League
The Earth’s mightiest heroes have assembled. Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg are here to save the day in Zack Snyder’s latest superhero smackdown. However, the production was […]
The Yorker at LIFF 31: You Were Never Really Here
The Fanomenon strand of LIFF 31 closed with Lynne Ramsay’s latest film You Were Never Really Here. Adapted from Jonathan Ames novella and starring Joaquin Phoenix, the film premiered at Cannes where […]
The Yorker at LIFF 31: Bad Genius
One of the great things about film festivals is the sheer variety of what gets screened. When perusing the programme for this year’s 31st Leeds International Film Festival, I happened […]
The Yorker at LIFF 31: It’s Not Yet Dark
It’s Not Yet Dark tells the story of Simon Fitzmaurice, the Irish film director who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (ALS) at the age of 34. Simon loved his life […]
The Yorker at LIFF 31: Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
Based on the romance between young actor Peter Turner and the 55-year-old Oscar-winning star Gloria Grahame, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is a well directed, if forgettable film. Directed […]
Review: Murder on the Orient Express
The prospect of the re-telling of one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels is certainly an attractive one; Sir Kenneth Branagh signed on to direct the feature and with his […]