ATHLETE A | FILM REVIEW
ATHLETE A | FILM REVIEW Dir: Bonni Cohen / John Shenk (18, 104 mins) The disturbing case of American elite gymnastics and a history of sexual abuse that was …
ATHLETE A | FILM REVIEW Dir: Bonni Cohen / John Shenk (18, 104 mins) The disturbing case of American elite gymnastics and a history of sexual abuse that was …
ALICE Dir: Josephine Mackerras (15 104 mins) A wonderfully observed French drama about finding your way in the world, Alice is anchored by a superb central performance from Emilie Piponnier …
THE OLD GUARD Dir: Gina Prince-Blythewood (15 125 mins) Theron plays Andromache of Scythia, a woman who has spent centuries trying to save mankind and is the leader of The …
7500 Dir: Patrick Vollrath (15 93 mins) A tense, gripping film set in a cockpit of a passenger plane, this hijacking revolves around a superb sweaty Joseph Gordon-Levitt as he …
DARK WATERS Dir: Todd Haynes (12A 126 mins) A solid, worthy drama that makes full use of star Mark Ruffalo’s environmental credentials, this shocking true story angers and informs in …
The world in these films is polluted by industry and overcrowding – only the rich escape to the ‘off-worlds’.
SORRY WE MISSED YOU (DVD) Not billed in any overt sense as a followup to 2016’s benefits system-denouncing I, Daniel Blake, this latest barrel of Newcastle-set grit from Ken Loach …
MOTHERLAND S2 (BBC) I was overjoyed when this savagely brilliant school-gates sitcom returned, with more manic middle-class matriarchs than you can shake a stick blender at. Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Pulling) …
IN THE TALL GRASS (Netflix) This adaptation of a Stephen King and Joe Hill novel oscillates between the ridiculous and the kooky, and is actually all the better for …
HIP HOP EVOLUTION S3 (Netflix) The return of Netflix’s hugely successful hip-hop documentary series is always welcome – highlighting as it often does some of the more obscure pioneers of …
Leto (Mubi) Rock‘n’roll biopics are 10-a-penny at the moment, but Leto represents a nice change of pace, detailing the rise of Soviet new wave band Kino and their its enigmatic …
BLACK MIRROR S5 (Netflix) Is the Charlie Brooker brilliance beginning to wear off? After the novelty and occasional genius of Bandersnatch, this three-episode fifth season is lacking a little spark. …