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Solo: A Star Wars Story (Cannes 2018) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

17th May 2018 by Sarah 1 Comment

Solo is terrific fun, a blast, a movie that never feels too long. But also doesn’t quite reach the heights it aspires to. WARNING – this is slightly spoilery, including Han and Chewy, so if you want to go into the cinema in blissful ignorance about this and some other plot points, leave now, with… Solo: A Star Wars Story (Cannes 2018) Read More

Filed Under: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Film Reviews Tagged With: chewbacca, george lucas, Han Solo, star wars

At War (Cannes 2018) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

16th May 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I’ll admit that as someone who hails from the North East of England I was both surprised and delighted that Stephane Brize’s latest film, about industrial unrest in France, references Sunderland, the city just south of my birthplace. Though in some ways it’s not that unlikely, as it has long been an industrial area, despite… At War (Cannes 2018) Read More

Filed Under: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Film Reviews Tagged With: french cinema, industrial action, strikes, unions

Sink Or Swim (Cannes 2018) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

14th May 2018 by Sarah 1 Comment

This comedy (its French title is Le Grand Bain) about a group of mostly middle-aged men joining a synchronised swimming team doesn’t dive that deep, and at times it’s as focussed as the random splashing when they first jump in the pool. But it’s funny, and the issues it highlights are real and devastating: unemployment,… Sink Or Swim (Cannes 2018) Read More

Filed Under: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Film Reviews Tagged With: cannes 2018, depression, le grand bain, men's health, swimming, synchronised swimming

“3 Days In Cannes” Pass For Film Lovers Aged 18-28

11th April 2018 by Sarah 14 Comments

THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM 2018 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR 2019’S CANNES FILM FESTIVAL *** UPDATE 2018: If you have any concerns or need clarification about the 3-day pass, you can contact the Festival directly. There is a general contact form here: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/contact and they have a practical guide here: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/participer/guide. The festival website… “3 Days In Cannes” Pass For Film Lovers Aged 18-28 Read More

Filed Under: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals Tagged With: 3 days in cannes, cannes film festival, cinephile, flore maquin, georges pierre

New York Film Festival Round-Up & Tips

6th October 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

I’m back from a week at NYFF. I hadn’t been to Manhattan since the mid-90s, when I lived in London and was used to people thinking I was going to murder them if I made eye contact. Now I live in a small town where even if not everybody knows my name (“that blonde one”… New York Film Festival Round-Up & Tips Read More

Filed Under: Film Festivals, New York Film Festival, NYFF 55 Tagged With: do you remember who fired the gun, faces places, last flag flying, madame hyde, meyerowitz stories, naff, new york, new york film festival, rape of recy taylor, super dark times, thelma, zama

Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun? (New York Film Festival 2017) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

5th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A documentary murder mystery about the filmmaker’s family, set in lower Alabama. It’s an odd title as who fired the gun that killed Bill Spann, a 46 year old African American man in Dothan, Alabama that night in 1946, is not in doubt. It was director Travis Wilkerson’s great grandfather, SE Branch, in his convenience… Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun? (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: abuse, alabama, Bill Spann, black erasure, civil rights, family history, murder, racism, S E Branch

Last Flag Flying (New York Film Festival 2017) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War. Doc Shepherd’s son has died, shot in the head in Baghdad. He can be buried… Last Flag Flying (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: bereavement, iraq, last flag flying review, new york film festival, nyff, richard linklater films, road trip, vietnam war

Meyerowitz Stories (New & Selected) (New York Film Festival 2017) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“Maybe he’s undiscovered for a reason,” says Matt (Ben Stiller) about his sculptor father Harold. But for his half-brother Danny taking away the myth of their dad’s undiscovered greatness will destroy their excuses for Harold’s terrible parenting and four marriages: “if he isn’t a great artist that means he was just a prick.” This is a… Meyerowitz Stories (New & Selected) (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: ageing, art, families, new york, nyff, Sibling rivalry

Thelma (New York Film Festival 2017) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

3rd October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who’s in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results. Out hunting with his little blonde daughter in the forest, there’s a deer in his sights, and his gun is at the ready. But instead… Thelma (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: joachim trier film, norwegian films, psychological horror, religion, seizures, supernatural powers, thelma review, university

Faces Places (New York Film Festival 2017) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

2nd October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship. Charming, eye-opening, and consistently hilarious, this photographic road trip through a series of French villages by two new friends, the 88 year old director Agnès Varda and 33 year old JR, a hipster artist known for his enormous photographs pasted… Faces Places (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: agnes varda film, faces places review, france, french countryside, jean-luc godard, jr, photography, visages villages, visages villages review

Zama (New York Film Festival 2017) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

30th September 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Based on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires. It’s fair to say that Zama is one of those movies I’m enjoying more in retrospect that I did while actually watching it. As… Zama (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: argentinian cinema, colonialism, Lucretia Martel film, zama, zama review

Madame Hyde (New York Film Festival 2017) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

30th September 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Mrs. Géquil is a teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained? Madame Géquil (Isabelle Huppert) is powerless in the classroom. A particularly ineffective physics… Madame Hyde (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: dr jekyll and mr hyde, french schools, isabelle huppert films, madame hyde, madame hyde review, serge bozon film, transformations

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