INVISIBLE BRITAIN: BOOK LAUNCH | REVIEW
Invisible Britain Austerity is over, Theresa May declared confidently at October’s Tory Party conference. Tell that to those featured in a new book edited by Paul Sng and published by …
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Invisible Britain Austerity is over, Theresa May declared confidently at October’s Tory Party conference. Tell that to those featured in a new book edited by Paul Sng and published by …
[wpdevart_youtube]Bf6D-i8YpHg[/wpdevart_youtube]THE GRINCH ** Dir: Yarrow Cheney/Scott Mosier (PG, 90 mins) Another crack at the Dr. Seuss creation that doesn’t like Christmas after the hyper-kinetic and scarily made-up Jim Carrey mess …
Plenty of great films have been made in Wales – but what about films about Wales? Fedor Tot surveys the strange landscape of Welsh cinema. What comes to mind when …
This year Abertoir – The International Horror Festival Of Wales – celebrates its 13th year, a fitting year for a horror festival to be celebrating. Held annually in Aberystwyth Arts …
[wpdevart_youtube]DfI0r70xRFE[/wpdevart_youtube] Mirai *** Dir: Mamoru Hosoda Starring: Haru Kuroki Gen Hoshino (John Cho and Rebecca Hall in English dub) (Japan, PG, 1hr 38mins) Mirai is a beautifully-animated and well-told tale, …
[wpdevart_youtube]nN2yBBSRC78[/wpdevart_youtube] Widows **** Dir: Steve McQueen Starring: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez (USA, 15, 2hrs 9mins) A remake of an ITV Lynda LaPlante series from the 80s, excellent though it was, …
[wpdevart_youtube]VD6d0xKZNRg[/wpdevart_youtube] Nae Pasaran *** Dir: Felipe Bustos Sierra (Chile/UK, 12A, 1hr 36mins) Nae Pasaran is a documentary focusing on sharing the stories of two very different groups of people in two …
[wpdevart_youtube]JmrQsARMThY[/wpdevart_youtube] Juliet, Naked *** Dir: Jesse Peretz Starring: Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne, Chris O’Dowd (USA/UK, 15, 1hr 37mins) About a Boy and High Fidelity are both Nick Hornby adaptations that …
[wpdevart_youtube]t1Wp37haiG4[/wpdevart_youtube] Peterloo ** Dir: Mike Leigh Starring: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley (UK, 12A, 2hrs 34mins) Mike Leigh embarks on his biggest, most ambitious project yet, the epic …
[wpdevart_youtube]USPd0vX2sdc[/wpdevart_youtube]OVERLORD **** Dir: Julius Avery (18, 109 mins) A bonkers B-movie writ large, this World War II escapade has soldiers parachuting behind enemy lines; men on a mission on the …
[wpdevart_youtube]eqdrwu0NvY8[/wpdevart_youtube] Boy and the World **** Dir: Ale Abreu (Brazil, U, 1hr 15mins) The good people over at Gentle/Radical are screening this beautiful Brazilian animation over half-term for families, and …
[wpdevart_youtube]t_Dvh7OfMaM[/wpdevart_youtube]SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ ** Dir: Crispian Mills (15, 99 mins) The first film from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s new production company Stolen Pictures is a comedy horror that unfortunately is …
BAFTA Cymru 2018 The 14th October 2018 saw the annual celebration of all things BAFTA Cymru in Cardiff, in the perfectly chosen venue that is the St David’s Hall. There …
[wpdevart_youtube]3MM8OkVT0hw[/wpdevart_youtube]THE HATE U GIVE *** Dir: George Tilman Jr. (12A, 100 mins) Based on the hit YA novel by Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give is a timely and powerful take …
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”169″] Buzz went down to BAFTA Cymru Awards last Sunday – here’s the highlights of the photos! by Morgan Devine
There are a lot of short films at Iris. It is a short film festival after all. This reviewer didn’t get to see anywhere near as many as he’d have …
The features at Iris were also consistently high quality. Of the ones this writer watched, there weren’t any considerable duds. At worst, Evening Shadows (India, Sridhar Rangayan, ***) struggled at …
[wpdevart_youtube]mP0VHJYFOAU[/wpdevart_youtube] BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY *** Dir: Bryan Singer (15, 106 mins) This Freddie Mercury biopic has had a troubled production history. Director Bryan Singer and his Freddie, Rami Malek, have had …
Another year, another Iris. And it was as big and beautiful and wonderful as previous years. Reviews of individual shorts and features, as seen by this writer, will be available …
[wpdevart_youtube]w4GtJB5WAlQ[/wpdevart_youtube] First Man **** Dir: Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll (12A 2hrs 21 mins) That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. La …
[wpdevart_youtube]hRKVxT4-1wM[/wpdevart_youtube] Mandy **** Dir: Panos Cosmatos Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough (USA, 15, 2hrs 1min) Nicolas Cage seems to have two speeds; somnambulistic with occasional eccentricity, as witnessed in many …
Dir: David Gordon Green *** (15, 109 mins) Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her first screen and scream role as Laurie Strode in another retread of John Carpenter’s classic slasher …
[wpdevart_youtube]4rZ5Afqb6vU[/wpdevart_youtube] Tehran Taboo *** Dir: Ali Soozandeh Starring: Arash Marandi, Alireza Bayram, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (Germany/Iran, 15, 1hr 36mins) Extramarital sex, abortions, drugs and alcohol: common elements to Western filmmaking …
[wpdevart_youtube]nSbzyEJ8X9E[/wpdevart_youtube] A STAR IS BORN **** Dir: Bradley Cooper Starring: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga (USA, 15, 2hrs 15mins) A fourth remake for a perennial Hollywood story. 1932 saw the first …