THE MAID | FILM REVIEW
Genuinely creepy, then genuinely disturbing, The Maid is a Thai horror with a Hitchcockian tone that ultimately takes no prisoners.
Genuinely creepy, then genuinely disturbing, The Maid is a Thai horror with a Hitchcockian tone that ultimately takes no prisoners.
A tale of a rebellious Polish girl forced to deal with some serious adult issues, I Never Cry is gruelling, darkly humorous and moving, with a brilliant central performance from its young star, Zofia Stafiej.
A well-acted relationship drama with some gruelling, emotional scenes, My Little Sister is an engrossing tale of resilience, failed dreams and family bonds.
Infinite is a sorry, overly familiar mess where a miscast Mark Wahlberg plays a schizophrenic who somehow knows how to make samurai swords.
The Guilty is a fairly taut one-man show for Jake Gyllenhaal, a cop receiving 911 calls as Los Angeles burns.
A Halloween anthology of dubious quality that fails to hang together: obviously filmed on a shoestring and with plenty of ambition, but providing neither trick nor treat.
Notwithstanding its original title of Shithouse, Freshman Year is both moving and funny: a painfully well observed snapshot of college life and the feeling all university students when they’re away from home for the first time.
Tomohiko Itō's Hello World is the kind of ambitious and interesting storytelling you’d expect from a filmmaker finally let loose from the franchise pen.
A mawkish drama with a tin ear for emotion, The Starling is a misjudged exploration of grief with awkward performances and cringey insincerity.
A dream-like retelling of the 14th Century chivalric tale of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, David Lowery’s film is breathtakingly beautiful and haunting, with a strong central performance from Dev Patel
An uplifting drama based on a documentary which was subsequently turned into an award-winning stage musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie can’t help but leave you smiling.
Directors Pepe Andreu and Rafael Moles reel in the audience with a documentary, of the Bryggjan Café in Iceland, to warm the cockles of the heart.