Certain Women (2016)
★★★★☆
Kelly Reichardt takes an appraising look at four women’s lives in Certain Women‘s intriguingly overlapping stories.
★★★★☆
Kelly Reichardt takes an appraising look at four women’s lives in Certain Women‘s intriguingly overlapping stories.
★★☆☆☆
In Bitter Harvest George Mendeluk explores a tragic period in Ukraine’s history and makes it the background to a love story.
★★★★☆
Moonlight is a very different gay coming-of-age movie by Barry Jenkins and it will break your heart.
★★★★☆
In Hidden Figures Theodore Melfi reveals the hitherto hidden story of the African American women maths geniuses who got America to the moon.
★★★★☆
Now released in cinemas for the first time since it was made in 1970, John Waters shocks and awes with Divine in Multiple Maniacs – the clue’s in the title.
★★★☆☆
A pastoral account of the politicisation of Brazilian hero Tiradentes, Marcelo Gomes’ Joaquim makes up for its slow pace with delicious images.
★★★☆☆
Turning his gaze on vibrational rhythms and the Texan underworld, Travis Mathew’s Discreet is a broken portrait of a broken man.
★★★☆☆
Facing the humiliation of social exclusion after losing a loved one, Sebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman is a heartbreaking portrait of loneliness.
★★★☆☆
Documenting the creative process of Alberto Giacometti painting his model, Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait offers a tantalising glimpse inside the artist’s studio.
★★★★☆
Timothy Spall excels in Mick Jackson’s Denial, a timely film whose high spot is a gripping courtroom drama.
★★★★☆
Pablo Larrain’s portrait of a widowed Jackie Kennedy in the days following the President’s assassination has intriguing contemporary resonance.
★★★★☆
Garth Davis’s Lion is a gripping, unsentimental adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s moving memoir.
★★★☆☆
A portrait of America through the eyes of a sausage dog and her owners, Todd Solondz’ Wiener-Dog sees a bizarre parade of melancholics and losers
★★★★☆
Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is well-crafted, superbly acted film for grown-ups.