All This Panic
Filmmakers needn’t submerge themselves in so-called “gritty” subject matter to make their work relevant – far from it. You must make what...
Moonlight
My first question on coming out of Moonlight was: who is Barry Jenkins? Who made this beautiful, completely absorbing, and perfectly cast...
The JT Leroy Story
Author: The JT LeRoy Story screened as part of Sundance London 2016. It started with a suicidal adult woman calling a children’s crisis...
Sour Grapes
Sour Grapes screened as part of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016. Sour Grapes is a tragi-comedy about the love of wine and a young man who decided...
A beautiful journey into hell
Behemoth screened as part of Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016. Zhao Liang’s latest documentary is the most beautiful journey into hell. Via truly...
Hail, Caesar!
Hail, Caesar!, the Coen Brothers’ latest, is more a series of entertaining vignettes than a movie. Which is fine, except you don’t...
Hitchcock/Truffaut
In our current age of unfettered veneration, it’s hard to imagine a time when Alfred Hitchcock was not considered one of the undisputed...
CAROL - emotions don't run high in Haynes' adaptation of the Highsmith classic.
At times during Carol, Todd Hayne’s film of the Patricia Highsmith novel, Rooney Mara strikingly recalls Audrey Hepburn. She is...
Real Life is Messy - Tom McCarthy's Remainder brought to cinematic life at #LFF
Despite Tom McCarthy’s debut novel Remainder being deeply entrenched in ideas about the moving image, it still seemed a significant...
An interview with Crystal Moselle for Candid Magazine
When I met Crystal Moselle back in June her schedule was already pretty hectic. After winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in...
