The latest Wes Anderson, and his second animated, film may not have the same emotional depth and hits that The Royal Tenenbaums and Life Aquatic has, but it is pure Anderson. It brings together all the classic tropes of Anderson’s films that have developed over the course of his work. There’s the narrator, the chapters,…
Category: Film & TV
Love Simon
It’s impossible not to have come across Love Simon, before it was even released in the UK, new from it’s casting and production was all over Social Media. Thankfully this charming, comforting and funny film lives up to all the hype that preceded it. The performances of leads Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, and…
God’s Own Country ★★★★★
Francis Lee’s debut film, God’s Own Country is set on a farm in Yorkshire. It’s so raw, intimate, quite and unassuming that it draws you in, you can feel the cold driving winds pounding into you and they whip across the moor. The film follows Johnny (Josh O’Connor) a young man left to single handedly…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi ★★★★
“Overall, a huge success which is sure to please the fans, both old and new” Last week, I was lucky enough to get tickets to the European Premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the eighth film in the most famous franchise in the world. I was so excited. Arguably the biggest blockbuster of 2017,…
Call Me By Your Name ★★★★★
I was so encapsulated by Andre Aciman’s breathtaking 2007 novel, Call Me By Your Name, that when I saw the film adaption appear in the programme for the BFI London Film Festival this year, I was hesitant to see it at all, fearing that it would somehow diminish my enjoyment of the book. I consequently…