A STAR IS BORN | FILM REVIEW
[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 …
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[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 …
BAFTA Awards Megan Thomas looks ahead to the upcoming BAFTAs to see what audiences can expect. The much-anticipated British Academy Of Film & Television Arts Awards in Wales, or BAFTA …
IRIS PRIZE With the annual LGBT+ film festival returning this month, Fedor Tot looks at what’s on show amongst the Iris Prize shorts. Last month, our coverage of Iris looked ahead …
Fractured Visions Film Festival **** (overall) Tramshed Cinema, Cardiff, Sat 29 – Sun 30 Sep. Cardiff’s first edition of the Fractured Visions Film Festival was overall a success. Stepping up …
Friendly Beast + Luz Friendly Beast (*****, Brazil, Dir: Gabriela Amaral) and Luz (*****, Germany, Dir: Tilman Singer) were by far the standouts of the festival, both coming away with …
The Features Of the features, the two most obvious standouts were Luz (*****, Germany, Dir: Tilman Singer) and Friendly Beast (*****, Brazil, Dir: Gabriela Amaral). Both deservedly won two awards …
The Shorts Each feature in Fractured Visions was paired up with a short film beforehand. These varied in quality, but the best were exquisite examples of short-form storytelling, refusing to …
[wpdevart_youtube]Qv6p6pTz5I[/wpdevart_youtube]JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN ** Dir: David Kerr (PG, 95 mins) After Johnny English and its sequel Johnny English Reborn, yet another limp Bond parody from Rowan Atkinson would hardly have …
[wpdevart_youtube]u9Mv98Gr5pY[/wpdevart_youtube]VENOM **** Dir: Reuben Fleischer (15, 123 mins) The symbiote is back! After a lackluster outing as third banana baddie in Sam Raimi’s final overstuffed Spiderman film, Venom – a villainous …
EVE MYLES With the breakthrough success of Keeping Faith, Eve Myles suddenly finds herself amidst mainstream success and a BAFTA Cymru nomination. Carl Marsh finds her in a talkative mood. What is the …
IRIS PRIZE As the UK’s best LBGT+ film festival plants its flag once again in Cardiff, Fedor Tot looks ahead to some of the highlights of this year’s festival. Hardly …
[wpdevart_youtube]J1JdWOqc9Q8[/wpdevart_youtube] Gareth Evans, wearing dressed-down jeans & t-shirt with a schoolboy smile, is all Welsh. He may have earned his movie-making stripes in Indonesia, but his humour is wholly Hirwaun. …
[wpdevart_youtube]2rKZcAiLHlY[/wpdevart_youtube] Faces Places **** Dir: Agnes Varda and JR Starring: Agnes Varda and JR (France, 12A, 1hr 29mins) Sometimes one wonders if all cinema would be improved if it were …
[wpdevart_youtube]Hi69nL_VrTE[/wpdevart_youtube] Climax **** Dir: Gaspar Noé Starring: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souhelia Yacoub (France, 18, 1hr 35mins) No stranger to controversy is writer/director Gaspar Noé. He has previously brought us …
[wpdevart_youtube]ASR04zW4K8w[/wpdevart_youtube] The Little Stranger **** Dir: Lenny Abrahamson (12A 111 mins) Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter (UK, 12A, 1hr 51mins) Sarah Waters’ superb novel is translated to the …
FRACTURED VISIONS FILM FESTIVAL Fans of the horror genre will be delighted to discover the official unveiling of the lineup for Fractured Visions, a new film festival pitching up in …
WE’VE BEEN WATCHING – SEPTEMBER INSATIABLE (Netflix) Before Insatiable had even been released, petitions were circulating to have it cancelled as a result of the premise. Fat girl is bullied, fat …
[wpdevart_youtube]E5CgTeup_Ok[/wpdevart_youtube] Lucky *** Dir: John Carroll Lynch Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston (USA, 15, 1hr 28mins) “Harry Dean Stanton is Lucky” go the opening credits. He maintained …
[wpdevart_youtube]oQGA42-U0Ro[/wpdevart_youtube]THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS *** Dir: Eli Roth (PG, 106 mins) Eli Roth, the man behind the torture-porn Hostel franchise, gore-fest The Green Inferno and the awful Death …
[wpdevart_youtube]rAqMlh0b2HU[/wpdevart_youtube]A SIMPLE FAVOR *** Dir: Paul Feig (15, 117 mins) A change of pace for comedy director Paul Feig, who brought us the likes of Spy, The Heat and the rebooted …
MILE 22 *** Dir: Peter Berg (15, 110 mins) After collaborating on three real-life dramas – Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon and Patriot’s Day – Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have teamed …
[wpdevart_youtube]78FyrqpgZKs[/wpdevart_youtube] The Seagull *** Dir: Michael Mayer (12A 99 mins) Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Saorise Ronan, Annette Bening (USA, 12A, 1hr 39mins) This speedy film adaptation of Chekhov’s play boasts some …
[wpdevart_youtube]toXBb638n2Y[/wpdevart_youtube] The Miseducation of Cameron Post **** Dir: Desiree Akhaven Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Jane Fonda, Forrest Goodluck (USA, 15, 1hr 31mins) Emily Danforth’s book, a gripping drama about gay …
[wpdevart_youtube]BvPkDdFeTk8[/wpdevart_youtube] Cold War ***** Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot (Poland, 15, 1hr 28mins) Pawel Pawlikowski’s previous film Ida was an icy, austere drama, rife with the influence …