Mike Wallace Is Here Review

There are few things in this life that are as satisfying to watch as a well-conducted interview. Mike Wallace Is Here gives you ninety glorious minutes of just ... Read More...

To The Stars Review

Iris Deerborne (Kara Hayward) is ‘an untouchable’. A weak bladder has led to the unfortunate nickname ‘stinky drawers’, and none of her peers will go near her. ... Read More...

Around The World When You Were My Age Review

Have you ever been at somebody’s house (remember when you could go to another person’s house!?) and had them ask you, ‘Hey… do you want to see my holiday photos... Read More...

Take Me Somewhere Nice Review

Alma (Sara Luna Zoric), in her late teens, heads from her home in the Netherlands to Bosnia, to visit her sick father. When she arrives, she is met by Emir (Ern... Read More...

Never Rarely Sometimes Always Review

17-year-old Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is pregnant. She wants an abortion, but the laws in her home state of Pennsylvania make that impossible without parental co... Read More...

The Whistlers Review

How do I recount the plot of The Whistlers to you, when I didn’t understand it myself? I will do my very best. Cristi (Vlad Ivanov – a dead ringer for Michae... Read More...

Romantic Comedy Review

‘The sad fact ’, says writer-director Elizabeth Sankey, two thirds of the way through Romantic Comedy, ‘that marketing a film as a romantic comedy is a quick ro... Read More...

The Assistant Review

Jane (Julia Garner) is picked up for work in the middle of the night. She’s the first one in the office of the unnamed film executive each morning. She tidies u... Read More...

Calm With Horses Review

He doesn’t enjoy the violence. It’s just who he is. Ever since he accidentally killed his opponent in a boxing match and lost his taste for the sport, Douglas ‘... Read More...

Book Review: The Dominant Animal by Kathryn Scanlan

There are short stories, and then there are short stories. The longest of the forty tales in Kathryn Scanlan’s collection, The Dominant Animal, is four and a ha... Read More...

Sea Fever Review

Marine Biology student Siobhán (Hermione Colfield) accepts a posting to head out to sea with the crew of an Irish fishing trawler. After an innocuous beginning ... Read More...

Book Review: Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony

Washington DC, the present day. Republican Congressman Alexander Paine Wilson – an ardent opponent of abortion, gay marriage, and furniture that doesn’t resembl... Read More...