CHAOS WALKING | FILM REVIEW
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 …
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 …
MINDFUL CHEF | FOOD REVIEW Ben Woolhead takes a punt on one of the leading home-meal-kit mail order companies’ wares and finds it to be a mixed bag, with …
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, …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE HOT STEW Fiona Mozley (Hodder & Stoughton) A determined change of pace from Fiona Mozley’s enthralling debut, Elmet, which focussed on a family …
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 …
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 …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE HANNAH PEEL Fir Wave (My Own Pleasure) Recent 6 Music darling Hannah Peel is justifying the hype on this album of …
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 …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE DISCONNECT Roisin Kiberd (Serpent’s Tail) A Personal Journey Through The Internet, the subtitle of this scalpel-sharp collection of essays, does it …
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 …
WANDAVISION CONTINUED | WE’VE BEEN WATCHING Two months after delivering his initial verdict on this latest Disney hit, James Ellis reckons that subsequent episodes of WandaVision, while imperfect, have …
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 …
Including a deconstruction of Englishness by Gazelle Twin, peace and love (peace and love) by Ringo out of the Beatles, and a fella who used his hard drive breaking as inspiration to make an album...
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: LES SAIGNANTES | REVIEW Dir: Jean-Pierre Bekolo, 2005 (15, 97 mins) A spellbinding satire incorporating elements of sci-fi, horror, erotica and thriller genres, Les Saignantes (English …
WOW FILM FESTIVAL: VALLEY OF SOULS | REVIEW Dir: Nicolás Rincón Gille (2019, 137 mins) A trip on a river is undertaken, but this isn’t one of pleasure and …
NOMADLAND | FILM REVIEW Dir: Chloe Zhao (12A, 108 mins) Frances McDormand excels in this immersive drama, based on Jessica Bruder’s book, as a woman embracing the van-dwelling life …