Film Review: ‘Ignition’ (2026)
From SteveFilm and The Looker Brothers, comes an intelligent thriller that challenges the conventions of police/terrorist-focused action cinema. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Ignition’ (2026)
Category: Film Reviews
Film Review: ‘Erupcja’ (2025) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
In a film that feels almost documentary as it does drama, Charli XCX delivers an excellent performance that feels both honest and real. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Erupcja’ (2025) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
Film Review: ‘Honey Bunch’ (2025) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
From directors-writers, Dusty Mancinelli and Madeline Sims-Fewer, comes a thoroughly creepy experience centred around trauma, recovery, and what is right. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Honey Bunch’ (2025) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
Film Review: ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ (2025) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
The return of Jim Jarmusch, and the return of an anthology style Jim Jarmusch film, delivers awkward family charm across three independent scenarios. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ (2025) – Manchester Film Festival 2026
Film Review: ‘Ghost KIller’ (2024)
From director Kensuke Sonomura comes a literal out of body experience… As high a concept as they come in the human form; a WILD journey combining the forces of life and death. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Ghost KIller’ (2024)
Film Review: ‘Saipan’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
From co-directors, Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, the infamous fallout between former Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy and his captain Roy Keane, prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan, is presented in both tense and often hilarious detail in Saipan. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Saipan’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Film Review: ‘Jay Kelly’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Featuring at BFI London Film Festival as the Cunard Gala, Jay Kelly – from writer-director Noah Baumbach – details the journey from film set to European countryside, as George Clooney stars in the titular role, with an excellent Adam Sandler supporting him as his manager. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Jay Kelly’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Film Review: ‘The Choral’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
A fine British comedy-drama, The Choral has Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett combining to bring a wholesome story, set during the First World War, where Ralph Fiennes is present to express his unmatched versatility. Continue reading Film Review: ‘The Choral’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Film Review: ‘After the Hunt’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Julia Roberts delivers what is normally considered a “career-defining” performance, though the film itself mismatches the quality of its star. Continue reading Film Review: ‘After the Hunt’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Film Review: ‘Hamnet’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
A film adaptation from the 2020 Maggie O’Farrell book of the same name, Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao is back in the director’s chair with Hamnet. Continue reading Film Review: ‘Hamnet’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Film Review: ‘It Was Just an Accident’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
The Palme d’Or winner, It Was Just an Accident, featured in a gala screening at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Continue reading Film Review: ‘It Was Just an Accident’ (2025) – BFI London Film Festival
Film Review: ‘Don’t Leave the Kids Alone’ (2025) – Grimmfest 2025
Day two of Grimmfest continued with an interesting one… A world cinema film featuring children as the main characters! Continue reading Film Review: ‘Don’t Leave the Kids Alone’ (2025) – Grimmfest 2025
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