Shawkat Amin Korki cranks up the tension in this exploration of the desperate lengths people will go to when they are given few choices.
Continue readingThe Exam (2021)
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Dogs in Space (1986)
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I was instantly transported back 40 years in Richard Lowenstein’s chaotic love letter to 70s post-punk subculture.
Continue readingThe United States of America (2022)
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I love having an unexpected film experience. James Benning gives us an alphabetical tour of the states, territories and districts of the USA that is part meditation and part lexophile’s delight with a paraprosdokian sting in the tail (look it up).
Continue readingBodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
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This Gen Z horror comedy is bound to become a pop culture favourite with its witty and quotable dialogue and great blend of gore and laughs.
Continue readingHoly Spider (2022)
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Even though it’s two hours long, there isn’t a minute wasted in this taut thriller that shines a light on the precariousness of being a woman in Iran.
Continue readingNothing Compares (2022)
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Sinéad O’Connor was ahead of her time, unapologetically outspoken for all the things we believed but didn’t have the courage to say.
Continue readingBroker (브로커) (2022)
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This latest film from Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda is masterful storytelling. I came out of the screening with a similar feeling to when I watched Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (2019); contemporary South Korea where the dramatic tension comes from depth of character not plot.
Continue readingThe Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) (2022)
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Colm Bairéad has given us a surprisingly unsentimental look at what shapes us as children in this Gaelic language exploration of a summer in the life of one neglected child.
Continue readingMy Old School (2022)
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Oh my heart! This inventive and engaging Scottish documentary about small town scammer ‘Brandon Lee’ is more a celebration of humanity than a salacious exposé.
Continue readingEverybody’s Oma (2022)
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I cried right through the end of this touching documentary that shines a light on the experience of hidden carers.
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