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An argument between two friends gets out of hand in The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh is a singular writing talent. I can think of no other filmmaker capable of writing a story that you condemn as abjectly absurd, and yet within a few minutes can have you crying at …
The abused women of a secluded religious cult fight for their freedom in Women Talking Women Talking is a film by Sarah Polley based on a novel by Miriam Toews. The nearly entirely female ensemble cast includes Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Frances McDormand. A film about women …
A cinema manager experiences the beauty and brutality of the world in Empire of Light It’s something of a lovely thing that Sam Mendes (Skyfall, 1917) spent lockdown writing a film about the magic of in person cinema, delivering a love letter to our favourite past time with his latest …
Billy Eichner writes and stars in hilarious gay romcom Bros Bros has been making waves since its announcement for good reason. Though there’s been plenty of gay romcoms portrayed on film before they have either been put out on small, specialist labels relegated to online streaming only, or LGBTQ characters …
Three lives are threatened by a secret affair in My Policeman In 1990s Sussex retired married couple Marion (Gina Mckee) and Tom (Linus Roache) welcome old friend Patrick (Rupert Everett) into their home to recover from a stroke. With obvious tension in the air between the three, we flashback to …
Hugh Jackman struggles to help his mentally ill kid in Florian Zeller’s The Son The Son is the second feature film from French playwright turned director Florian Zeller, who adapts it from his own play of the same name. Zeller’s masterful debut The Father propelled its star Anthony Hopkins to …
A woman reflects on an important childhood holiday in Aftersun A musing on memory and our efforts to understand our parents, Aftersun is the debut feature film from Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells and produced by Barry Jenkins (of Oscar winning Moonlight fame.) It stars Normal People’s Paul Mescal as young …
Bill Nighy tries to add meaning to his life in Kurosawa remake, Living Living brings together some of the most loved writing talents of the last 70 or so years. Based on Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru it transports the story from post-war Tokyo to post-war London. With a screenplay written by …
Two whistleblowers hide out from hitmen in Neil Maskell’s perfectly formed debut Klokkenluider Klokkenluider is the debut feature from actor Neil Maskell, who both writes and directs. Maskell is a frequent collaborator of Ben Wheatley (most notably 2011’s hitman thriller Kill List) and Wheatley’s influence can definitely be felt in …
A factory workers quiet life is destroyed by a video in Jeong-Sun Jeong-Sun is the debut feature from Koreon director Jihye Jeong. Tackling the subject of the growing incidence of cybersex crimes and ‘revenge porn’ in South Korea, it is partly inspired by the real like ‘Nth Room’ case. A …
