John Krasinski is Jack Ryan. Not literally, of course. (Although I guess I don’t know what he does in his spare time.) But, when the man best known as ‘Jim’ from The Office was cast as the iconic character, I don’t know if anyone truly believed that he’d be up for the challenge. After all, at the role of…
Can a song save your life? The Greatest Hits hopes so. In The Greatest Hits, Harriet (Lucy Boynton) is still devastated after the tragic death of her boyfriend, Max (David Corenswet). But when she realizes that her favourite songs transport her back in time, she sets out on a mission to make things right. As she travels between…
Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. But which America? That’s the key question in Alex Garland’s Civil War, a film that may be set in the near future but feels all too real in the present. Set in the near future, Civil War depicts America as a nation divided within between two factions….
If you’ve ever questioned whether the concept of ‘Microaggressions’ was real or you find yourself asking why can’t racialized people move on from racism, Café Daughter will humble those curiosities with heartbreak and an accurate portrayal of how White Supremacy dismantles families. Inspired by the life of Doctor Lillian Eve Quan Dyck, Café Daughter follows…
Campton Manor is a high-concept, low budget thriller mystery from director, Cat Hotstick. The film stars Shawn Robert’s as Teddy, a journalist and novelist who has made his claim to fame by being able to communicate and see the dead. Through the stories of the deceased, he has made a name for himself and now…
In his directorial debut, Dev Patel stars as Kid, a man making a living losing fights in an underground fight club under the alias ‘Monkey Man’. Kid suffers trauma from his childhood, having watched his mother die at the hands of a police chief, Rana Singh. Now an adult, he plots his revenge on the…
In many ways, it feels unfair (and even, sexist) to compare Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ Girls State to their previous effort, Boys State. (After all, the pairing of these documentaries hardly creates a ‘franchise’.) Quite frankly, the two films are entirely different stories, created within entirely different worlds. But even Girls State can’t escape the world of toxic masculinity….
Directed by Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker, Carol Doda: Topless at the Condor transports the viewer back to San Francisco in the 1960s. Here, we meet Carol Doda, the first dancer to go topless in the booming nightclub scene. In doing so, Doda became an overnight sensation and struck a blow for gender equality (both legally and…
‘It’s not our pub anymore, innit?’ No, it’s something far better. Directed by Ken Loach, The Old Oak is a pub that’s hanging on by a thread. Barely holding together, the place is still seen as a community hub and its humble owner, TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) does his best to keep things running. But the neighbourhood…
There’s joy in pulp romances. Having grown up watching soap operas, I have a genuine fondness for the trials and tribulations of the rich and famous, especially as their scandals are uncovered and secrets are revealed. It’s through this lens that I can enjoy Strictly Confidential, a twisty tale of truth and lies from first-time filmmaker…
