Justin Simien’s first feature is a strong contribution to black cinema, for all audiences.
- Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Roehampton
This astounding film focuses on the contradictions that ensue when a human is caught in a place being used as an explosive, abstracted political football.
The film is a brilliant and nuanced study of the relationship between a younger and older woman.
Girlhood expresses the irrepressible potential within us all not to follow, not to echo, but to live a life defined by those moments in which we feel joy.
This is a timely and vibrant film, funny at times – and not without a hint of editorial distance from director Winterbottom.
Without labouring the point, Xavier Dolan’s new film explores the hemmed in existence of the mobile generation.
This year’s Oscar nominations quickly prompted ire from all quarters. This isn’t unusual, the awards are an easy target. “Everything is awful”, moans the Telegraph: “The Lego Movie, the most successful…
Birdman is awash with in-jokes, but laugh and then forget about them. And forget about the fact that Birdman is a backstage comedy set in a crappy 800-seat theatre in New York. Because this is really a…
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