Painter and photographer Frank Gray recreated six “Lowry’s” for the film Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall as the artist LS Lowry and Vanessa Redgrave as his mother. The film starts in 1934, when Lowry was in his late 40s – a rent collector by day and an attic painter by night, still living… INTERVIEW: artist Frank Gray on painting Lowrys for Mrs Lowry & Son Read More
Lowry and me: a match(stick) made in heaven?
LS Lowry: Northern, trained artist, famous for his scenes of Lancastrian industrial life, modest (he turned down a knighthood), paintings now selling for millions. Me: Northern, got a C for Art O’Level in 1987, famous for making scenes, likes to blow my own trumpet, I put my painting on social media and let’s be honest,… Lowry and me: a match(stick) made in heaven? Read More
Acclaimed indie drama Mickey And The Bear gets UK release date
Signature Entertainment are releasing it in the UK on digital HD on 24 February 2020. I reviewed it a few weeks ago for its US cinema release, and it’s really worth seeking out. Hank (James Badge Dale) a veteran of the Iraq War, now spend his days looking for ways to dull the pain of PTSD… Acclaimed indie drama Mickey And The Bear gets UK release date Read More
Daniel Isn’t Real 4 stars
This is an electrifying and unforgettable film, a psychological thriller that morphs seamlessly into gut-wrenching horror. Its physical monster shocks and inescapable mind terrors equally frightening and equally believable – as college student Luke is haunted by his childhood imaginary friend Daniel, now fully grown and keen to play. Daniel (an excellent Patrick Schwarzenegger) is… Daniel Isn’t Real Read More
The 225 Film Club – short film round-up Short Film
The 225 Film Club recently held its third programme of short films by women filmmakers. Curated again by director, writer and producer Rita Osei, the event, held at London venue The Wing, showcased some of the best in short filmmaking from women directors over the past few years. Rita created the 225 Film Club in… The 225 Film Club – short film round-up Read More
Stardog & Turbocat 3 stars
This movie certainly understands cats and dogs, made up as it is of frenetic activity interspersed with longer periods when not much happens. Then the last 25 minutes really crank up the excitement, like that half hour starting at 6pm when cats go nuts and start running round the living room chasing their tails. Still,… Stardog & Turbocat Read More
Invasion Planet Earth 2 stars
It never rains but it pours as we like to say in weather-obsessed Britain, and that’s certainly true of Invasion Planet Earth. Not literally. This isn’t Geostorm. But our planet, already on the brink of a world war, is faced with an alien invasion. Simon Cox’s feature (he directed, produced and co-wrote the screenplay) has been… Invasion Planet Earth Read More
Vivarium (London Film Festival 2019) 4 stars
Everyone has their own line in the sand which they will not cross when it comes to settling down. Mine is those massive white canvasses with children in stripy knitwear leapfrogging over their siblings while mum and dad laugh heartily to one side. (I cling to the hope that when looked at from the corner… Vivarium (London Film Festival 2019) Read More
Mickey And The Bear 4 stars
Hank, a veteran of the Iraq War, now spend his days looking for ways to dull the pain of PTSD and his painkiller addiction. His daughter Mickey, nearly 18, looks after him, their parent-child relationship turned on its head in too many ways. A coming-of-age drama about trying to escape when others are trying to… Mickey And The Bear Read More
Tales From The Lodge 3 stars
Arranging reunion weekends with ex-university housemates is a bit like trying to get tickets to Hamilton. At 30, you fall at the first organising hurdle when it turns out no one’s free on the same weekend for the next two years. By 40, you arrange it anyway because you know those two years will go… Tales From The Lodge Read More
Curse Of Buckout Road 3 stars
America’s long roads seem to have more spooks than GCHQ, every journey down them offering a potential encounter with a ghoul, zombie, werewolf or reanimated, stinky pet cat. Buckout Road, in Westchester County in New York State, is the latest to make you wish you’d stayed at home with a good horror film (perhaps this… Curse Of Buckout Road Read More
Trick Or Treat 3 stars
I loved the characters in Halloween crime thriller Trick Or Treat, particularly new dad and ex-criminal Greg – who moans so much about the dullness of life with a wife and new baby he doesn’t even let up while driving round with brutal henchman Clarence in a quest to find his ne’er-do-well brother Dan, and… Trick Or Treat Read More
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