drama

REVIEW: Journey to Bethlehem (2023, dir. Adam Anders)

Certificate: PG

Running Time: 99 mins

UK Distributor: Kova PR

UK Release Date: 17 November 2023

WHO’S IN JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM?

Fiona Palomo, Milo Manheim, Antonio Banderas, Geno Segers, Omid Djalili, Rizwan Manji, Stephanie Gil, Joel Smallbone, Moriah, Antonio Gil, Alicia Borrachero, Lecrae, Maria Pau Pigem, Antonio Cantos

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Adam Anders (director, writer, producer, composer), Peter Barsocchini (writer), Brandt Andersen, Steve Barnett, Ryan Busse, Stephen Meinen and Alan Powell (producers), Nikki Anders and Peer Astrom […]

By |November 23rd, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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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: Rustin (2023, dir. George C. Wolfe)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 106 mins

UK Distributor: Netflix

UK Release Date: 17 November 2023

WHO’S IN RUSTIN?

Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Jeffrey Wright, Audra McDonald, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Bill Irwin, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, Lilli Kay, Jordan-Amanda Hall, Jakeem Powell, Grantham Coleman, Jamilah Rosemond, Jules Latimer, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Frank Harts, Kevin Mambo, Cotter Smith, Carra Patterson, Adrienne Warren, Ayana Workman

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

George C. Wolfe (director), Julian Breece […]

By |November 17th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: A Forgotten Man (2023, dir. Laurent Nègre)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 85 mins

UK Distributor: Sovereign Film Distribution

UK Release Date: 10 November 2023

WHO’S IN A FORGOTTEN MAN?

Michael Neuenschwander, Manuela Biedermann, Yann Philipona, Cléa Eden, Peter Wyssbrod, Sabine Timoteo, Victor Poltier, Margherita Schoch, Yves Raeber, Simon Romang, Dominik Gysin, Sebastian Krähenbühl, Jeff Burrell, Sophie Kandaouroff

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Laurent Nègre (director, writer), Andreas Roald and Dan Wechsler (producers), Ladislav Agabekov and Christophe Calpini (composers), Diego Dussuel (cinematographer), Stefan Kälin (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After […]

By |November 12th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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REVIEW: How to Have Sex (2023, dir. Molly Manning Walker)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 98 mins

UK Distributor: MUBI

UK Release Date: 3 November 2023

WHO’S IN HOW TO HAVE SEX?

Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley, Enva Lewis, Laura Ambler, Eilidh Loan, Daisy Jelley

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Molly Manning Walker (director, writer), Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Emily Leo and Ivana MacKinnon (producers), James Jacob (composer), Nicolas Canniccioni (cinematographer), Fin Oates (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A teenager’s (McKenna-Bruce) summer trip to Crete doesn’t go according to plan…

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By |November 1st, 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: Pain Hustlers (2023, dir. David Yates)

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 122 mins

UK Distributor: Netflix

UK Release Date: 27 October 2023

WHO’S IN PAIN HUSTLERS?

Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy García, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Chloe Coleman, Aubrey Dollar, Amit Shah, Willie Raysor

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David Yates (director, producer), Wells Tower (writer), Lawrence Grey (producer), James Newton Howard and Michael Dean Parsons (composers), George Richmond (cinematographer), Mark Day (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A single mother (Blunt) propels a shady pharmaceutical […]

By |October 27th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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    LFF REVIEW: The Kitchen (2023, dirs. Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares)

LFF REVIEW: The Kitchen (2023, dirs. Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares)

Certificate: TBC

Running Time: 98 mins

UK Distributor: Netflix

UK Release Date: TBC

REVIEWED AT BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

WHO’S IN THE KITCHEN?

Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale, BackRoad Gee, Dani Moseley, Harvey Quinn, Henry Lawfull, Lola-Rose Maxwell, Richie Lawrie, Alan Asaad, Fiona Marr, Rasaq Kukoyi

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Daniel Kaluuya (director, writer, producer), Kibwe Tavares (director), Joe Murtagh (writer), Daniel Emmerson (producer), Wyatt Garfield (cinematographer), Maya Maffioli and Christian Sandino-Taylor (editors)

WHAT’S […]

By |October 26th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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LFF REVIEW: One Life (2023, dir. James Hawes)

Certificate: TBC

Running Time: 109 mins

UK Distributor: Warner Bros

UK Release Date: 1 January 2024

REVIEWED AT BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

WHO’S IN ONE LIFE?

Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Jonathan Pryce, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Spiro, Ziggy Heath

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

James Hawes (director), Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake (writers), Iain Canning, Guy Heeley, Joanna Laurie and Emile Sherman (producers), Volker Bertelmann (composer), Zac Nicholson (cinematographer), Lucia Zucchetti (editor)

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Nicholas […]

By |October 26th, 2023|Film Reviews|0 Comments
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