Dara of Jasenovac

Review: Is ‘Dara of Jasenovac’ troubling for all the wrong reasons?

A vital insight into one of the most overlooked parts of the Holocaust, and Serbia’s official Oscar entry, Dara of Jasenovac has been struck by accusations of having a nationalist agenda It feels impossible to review this film for an outside audience without giving you something of a 20th century …

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Review – Young lovers seek out perfect moments in Time

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things asks us to consider, if we had all the time in the world, wouldn’t time eventually lose all meaning and value? Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen lead this smart teen love story where time does literally stand still for its couple. ‘The Map of …

Kindred Review: Strong performances uplift this unsettling maternal psychodrama

Tamara Lawrence, Fiona Shaw and Jack Lowden star in Kindred, a creepy indie in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and Get Out Lawrence stars as Charlotte, a young woman living in rural Scotland with her boyfriend Ben under the shadow of his family’s grand but crumbling estate. The pair plan …

The Father Review: Anthony Hopkins At His Career Best

Florian Zeller’s The Father is a fiendishly clever and powerfully affecting dementia drama When The Academy chose to make the 2021 Oscars so heavily about the late, great Chadwick Boseman they clearly weren’t betting on veteran, classically trained Sir Anthony Hopkins snatching the Best Actor trophy (and I can’t really …

F9 Review – Fast and Furious 9 aims for the top spot this Summer

F9 aims for a podium finish but can’t quite escape the saga of family drama once the unrealistic ‘car-nage’ begins It’s almost here, the latest installment in the Fast and furious saga, will be on screens in a week. The Fast and Furious series has always been divisive amongst the …