THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS | FILM REVIEW
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Michael Dweck / Gregory Kershaw (12A, 84 mins) A quirky subject matter for an absorbing documentary, The Truffle Hunters follows a small …
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THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Michael Dweck / Gregory Kershaw (12A, 84 mins) A quirky subject matter for an absorbing documentary, The Truffle Hunters follows a small …
PALM SPRINGS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Max Barbakow (15, 90 mins) Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti have a relationship Groundhog Day in this winning romantic comedy that provides laughs …
THE POWER | FILM REVIEW Dir: Corinna Faith (18, 108 mins) A film that will make you fear the dark, this is a superb British horror that chills and …
WILDERNESS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Justin John Doherty (15, 82 mins) Navel-gazing romance that follows a jazz musician and his lover as they discover that their relationship may not …
FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL | PREVIEW Created in lockdown, with the aim of spreading positivity and inspiration, the first ever Feel Good Film Festival is a delightful collection of …
BEGINNING | FILM REVIEW Dir: Dea Kulumbegashvili (18, 120 mins) A restrained and disturbing Georgian drama that takes its time but with threat omnipresent, as the film follows one …
UNDINE | FILM REVIEW Dir: Christian Petzold (15, 91 mins) A haunting German drama that utilises an ancient myth to examine modern relationships, retaining a dreamlike quality throughout. Paula …
CHAOS WALKING | FILM REVIEW Dir: Doug Liman (12, 109 mins) A belated release for this adaptation of Patrick Ness’ YA novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, a …
THE MAURITANIAN | FILM REVIEW Dir: Kevin MacDonald (15, 129 mins) A pertinent, well-intentioned drama that occasionally beggars belief as it tells the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, …
VIOLATION | FILM REVIEW Dir: Dusty Mancinelli / Madeline Sims-Fewer (18, 108 mins) A gruelling, complex drama that confronts sexual violence head-on as a woman is driven to revenge …
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES | REVIEW Dir: Jörg Adolph (2020, U, 96 mins) You’d be forgiven if you put Peter Wohlleben in the same category …
HE DREAMS OF GIANTS | FILM REVIEW Dir: Keith Fulton / Louis Pepe (15, 85 mins) Terry Gilliam’s directorial career has been full of battles and attrition – from …
BILLY MURRAY | INTERVIEW On our TV screens as Eastenders’ Johnny Allen or The Bill’s Don Beech, our gaming rigs as the voice of Captain John Price in Call …
AMMONITE | FILM REVIEW Dir: Francis Lee (15, 120 mins) Following the success of gritty love story God’s Own Country, its immersive director focuses on another passionate yarn, this …
SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT | FILM REVIEW Dir: Andy Goddard (12A, 99 mins) Eddie Izzard stars in this based-on-a-true-story drama where an English coastal boarding school, home to 20 …
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: HORROR ROUNDUP | REVIEW Having spent two decades consistently programming top quality examples of world cinema, once again the Wales One World Film Festival knocked their …
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: THE TOLL | REVIEW Dir: Ryan Andrew Hooper (15, 83 mins) A neo-Western that makes brilliant use of its locations, The Toll is an enjoyable genre …
SILK ROAD | FILM REVIEW Dir: Tiller Russell (15, 117 mins) A plodding fact-based drama, concerning a darknet website which sold drugs using Bitcoin, that never fully engages. Based …
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: THE DEER | REVIEW Dir: Masoud Kimiai (1974, 15, 120 mins) It’s a shame that only a small percentage outside of Iran have seen or even …
REUNION | FILM REVIEW Dir: Jake Mahaffy (15, 95 mins) A New Zealand-set horror that creeps and crawls around its ‘haunted’ house, Reunion is disquieting and nightmarish, if sometimes …
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: LAND OF ASHES | REVIEW Dir: Sofia Quiros Ubeda (2019, 15, 80 mins) Land Of Ashes isn’t a straightforward coming-of-age film. Director/screenwriter Sofia Quiros Ubeda mixes …
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: BELOVED | REVIEW Dir: Yaser Talebi (2018, 54 mins) If anyone personifies the adage that the simple things in life are the best, it’s Firouzeh Khorshidi, …
MY FATHER AND ME | WE’VE BEEN WATCHING Dir: Nick Broomfield (15, 95 mins) A very personal documentary from Nick Broomfield, where the man behind such works as Kurt And …
MINARI | FILM REVIEW Dir: Lee Isaac Jung (12, 115 mins) A Korean-American family leaves California behind as father Jacob, played by The Walking Dead’s Steven Yuen, dreams of …