At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
★★★★☆
Willem Dafoe stunningly inhabits the outer shell of tormented artist Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s disturbing, arty biopic At Eternity’s Gate.
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Eaten by Lions (2018)
★★★★☆
Eaten by Lions by Jason Wingard is a crisp and surreally comic film, starring an array of British comedy talent. It’s a more raffish and comedic East Is East for our times.
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
★★★★☆
The pursuit of artistic desire goes too far in writer/director Sara Colangelo’s slow burning drama The Kindergarten Teacher based on the 2014 Israeli film and showcasing a tremendous performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Us (2019)
Review to follow.
★★★★☆
Us is Jordan Peele’s truly scary, more-than horror, state-of-the-nation follow-up to his acclaimed Get Out.
The White Crow (2018)
Art and politics are uneasy bedfellows in The White Crow, David Hare’s story of ballet and defection, a directorial debut for Ralph Fiennes. The…
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Girl (2018)
★★★★☆
Trans-themed Girl is an exceptional, moving debut by director Lukas Dhont
Benjamin (2018)
★★★★☆
Benjamin, written and directed by Simon Amstell, is a self-revelatory comedy of embarrassment and satire on arty pretension.
The Fight (2018)
★★★☆☆
The Fight is actor Jessica Hynes’ down to earth but promising debut as director.
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
★★★☆☆
Under the Silver Lake is David Robert Mitchell’s dreamlike, rationality-transcending contemporary noir, starring Andrew Garfield.
Everybody Knows (2018)
★★★★☆
Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) is Iranian Asgar Farhadi’s Spanish-language first, a family drama-cum-thriller with top stars Penélope Cruz, Javier Badem and Ricardo Darín.
Fisherman’s Friends (2019)
★★★☆☆
Based on a true story, Fisherman’s Friends, directed by Chris Foggin, is a feel-good, musical fairy tale set in beautiful Cornwall.
Amá (2018)
★★★☆☆
In Amá, Lorna Tucker has followed up her Vivienne Westwood film with a crucially important documentary on the subject of female sterilisation without consent among Native American women.
What They Had (2018)
★★★☆☆
Writer and director Elizabeth Chomko’s drama What They Had centres around that familiar concept of a crisis bringing a family together and drawing them closer to each other.
Sauvage (2018)
★★★★☆
Sauvage is Camille Vidal-Naquet’s relentless view of the extreme lifestyle of a male prostitute, starring Félix Maritaud.