comedy

REVIEW: May December (2023, dir. Todd Haynes)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 117 mins

UK Distributor: Sky Cinema

UK Release Date: 17 November 2023

WHO’S IN MAY DECEMBER?

Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, D.W. Moffett, Piper Curda, Elizabeth Yu, Gabriel Chung, Cory Michael Smith, Lawrence Arancio

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Todd Haynes (director), Samy Burch (writer), Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman and Christine Vachon (producers), Marcelo Zarvos (composer), Christopher Blauvelt (cinematographer), Affonso Gonçalves (editor)

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By |November 21st, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: Saltburn (2023, dir. Emerald Fennell)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 127 mins

UK Distributor: Warner Bros

UK Release Date: 17 November 2023

WHO’S IN SALTBURN?

Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Paul Rhys, Lolly Adefope, Ewan Mitchell, Sadie Soverall, Reese Shearsmith

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Emerald Fennell (director, writer, producer), Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara and Margot Robbie (producers), Anthony Willis (composer), Linus Sandgren (cinematographer), Victoria Boydell (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A young Oxford student (Keoghan) is invited […]

By |November 14th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: Dream Scenario (2023, dir. Kristoffer Borgli)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 102 mins

UK Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors

UK Release Date: 10 November 2023

WHO’S IN DREAM SCENARIO?

Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Lily Bird, Jessica Clement, Cara Volchoff, Noah Centineo, Nicholas Braun, Amber Midthunder, Lily Gao

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kristoffer Borgli (director, writer, editor), Ari Aster, Tyler Campellone, Jacob Jaffke and Lars Knudsen (producers), Benjamin Loeb (cinematographer)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A mild-mannered professor (Cage) becomes an […]

By |November 9th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: Bottoms (2023, dir. Emma Seligman)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 91 mins

UK Distributor: Warner Bros

UK Release Date: 3 November 2023

WHO’S IN BOTTOMS?

Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Marshawn Lynch, Dagmara Domińczyk, Punkie Johnson, Zamani Wilder, Summer Joy Campbell, Virginia Tucker, Wayne Péré

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Emma Seligman (director, writer), Rachel Sennott (writer), Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman and Alison Small (producers), Leo Birenberg and Charli XCX (composers), Maria Rusche (cinematographer), Hanna Park […]

By |October 31st, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: Typist Artist Pirate King (2023, dir. Carol Morley)

Certificate: 12A

Running Time: 108 mins

UK Distributor: Modern Films

UK Release Date: 27 October 2023

WHO’S IN TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING?

Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee, Christine Bottomley, Kieran Bew, James Jaysen Bryhan, Kya Brame, Joanne Allen, Gavin Kitchen, Matilda Firth

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Carol Morley (director, writer), Ameenah Ayub Allen and Cairo Cannon (producers), Carly Paradis (composer), Agnès Godard (cinematographer), Alex Mackie (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Mentally ill artist Audrey Amiss (Dolan) goes on a road […]

By |October 29th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: Cat Person (2023, dir. Susanna Fogel)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 118 mins

UK Distributor: Studiocanal

UK Release Date: 27 October 2023

WHO’S IN CAT PERSON?

Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Isabella Rossellini, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, Christopher Shyer, Liza Koshy, Josh Andrés Rivera, Isaac Cole Powell, Liza Colón-Zayas, Michael Gandolfini

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Susanna Fogel (director), Michelle Ashford (writer), Helen Estabrook and Jeremy Steckler (producers), Heather McIntosh (composer), Manuel Billeter (cinematographer), Jacob Craycroft (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A young woman (Jones) is pursued […]

By |October 28th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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LFF REVIEW: The Holdovers (2023, dir. Alexander Payne)

Certificate: TBC

Running Time: 133 mins

UK Distributor: Universal Pictures

UK Release Date: 19 January 2024

REVIEWED AT BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

WHO’S IN THE HOLDOVERS?

Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Andrew Garman, Naheem Garcia, Stephen Thorne, Gillian Vigman, Tate Donovan, Darby Lily Lee-Stack

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alexander Payne (director), David Hemingson (writer, producer), Bill Block and Mark Johnson (producers), Mark Orton (composer), Eigil Bryld (cinematographer), […]

By |October 22nd, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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LFF REVIEW: Poor Things (2023, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

Certificate: TBC

Running Time: 141 mins

UK Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

UK Release Date: 12 January 2024

REVIEWED AT BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

WHO’S IN POOR THINGS?

Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley, Kathryn Hunter, Suzy Bemba, Hanna Schygulla, Vicki Pepperdine, Wayne Brett, Tom Stourton, Carminho, Jerskin Fendrix

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Yorgos Lanthimos (director, producer), Tony McNamara (writer), Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe and Emma Stone (producers), Jerskin Fendrix (composer), Robbie Ryan (cinematographer), […]

By |October 22nd, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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LFF REVIEW: The Hypnosis (2023, dir. Ernst De Geer)

Certificate: TBC

Running Time: 98 mins

UK Distributor: TBC

UK Release Date: TBC

REVIEWED AT BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

WHO’S IN THE HYPNOSIS?

Asta Kamma August, Herbert Nordrum, Andrea Edwards, David Fukamachi Regnfors, Moa Nilsson, Simon Rajala, Aviva Wrede, Alexandra Zetterberg, Kristina Brändén Whitaker, Karin de Frumerie, Julien Combes

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ernst De Geer (director, writer), Mads Stegger (writer), Mimmi Spång (producer), Peder Kjellsby (composer), Jonathan Bjerstedt (cinematographer), Robert Krantz (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A trip to a […]

By |October 8th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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