You Should Have Left
The difficulties of finding a balance between a coherent feature film and staying true to all aspects of the literature are evident
Lake of Death
Director Nini Bull Robsahm makes Lake of Death as compelling and engaging as possible, even with severe limitations on offer
Brothers In Brothel
Jiro Sato's Brothers in Brothel is a brooding and multifaceted look at sex work and the exploitation and empowerment that surrounds it
The Pool
The Pool is an intimately produced and claustrophobic horror that uses setting and genre convention to a spectacular degree
The Rental
The Rental is a film with dedication taken in both the script and the production
Radioactive
Radioactive might not be the most toxic film of the year so far, it certainly is up there as one of the hardest films to sit through
SCHOOL DAZE: An Exploration of Race, Gender and Class Politics
Continuing our SPIKE LEE RETROSPECTIVE in support of BLM, Alexander Holmes explores Race, Gender and Class Politics in Spike Lee’s School Daze
ClapperCast - Episode 9: The Painted Bird, Finding The Way Back, The Beach House (with guest Nicolò Grasso)
On episode 9 of ClapperCast, the team discuss the controversial The Painted Bird, Ben Affleck’s The Way Back, and Shudder Original The Beach House
Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story
A directorial debut for documentary filmmaker Roy Tighe, Never Be Done is a touching story of reminiscence and retrospect through the eyes and words of the very man they document
Miss Juneteenth
Miss Juneteenth tells the earnest, heartfelt story of the Black female experience
IFFR 2020 - A Frenchman
A Frenchman is not a history lesson of the time, but a research on the effects of the times
Sergio
Sergio is one massively missed opportunity
ClapperCast - Episode 8: Greyhound, The Old Guard, Bad Education
On episode 8 of ClapperCast, the team discuss Tom Hanks’ Greyhound, Charlize Theron’s The Old Guard, and Hugh Jackman’s Bad Education
Vast of Night
The Vast of Night is the kind of film that stirs the imagination and makes the future of cinema seem like a bright place in these dark times
Palm Springs
Palm Springs is a masterful tonal balancing act that, along with showcasing the untapped potential of the majority of the cast and crew, has proven to be the film we need right now
Kana Yamada: "I was feeling inferior about being a woman, I thought, no matter how harder you tried, women can’t be better than men in terms of the power and the position they have in society"
Director Kana Yamada talks to Jak-Luke Sharp about her transition from theatre to film, bringing a much needed female voice to cinema, sex work in Japan, and her outstanding debut feature film Life: Untitled
Julian Marshall: “The history of this country is inseparable from the oppression and violence perpetrated against African-Americans”
We Are George Floyd director Julian Marshall talks to Hillary White about fighting the system, finding justice, voting in November, and the chance for change
Scoob!
Even with expectations and estimations at a total minimum, Tony Cervone's Scoob! still manages to be both sub-par and a missed opportunity
Capone
Josh Trank takes an iconic and indestructible monster with Capone himself and showcases an honest, and often dark sentiment of the once untouchable mobster
ClapperCast - Episode 7: First Cow, Palm Springs, and predicting the Oscars (with guest Matt Neglia)
On episode 7 of ClapperCast, the team discuss Palm Springs starring Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg, Kelly Reichardt's First Cow, and a discussion on what to expect from this years Academy Awards