Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: My Life As a Courgette
September 24, 2017 | David FarnorThis delicately heartwarming study of loss, family and friendship is a tiny stop-motion masterpiece.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Gaga: Five Foot Two
September 23, 2017 | David FarnorAs revealing as it is controlled, this pop doc is a stirring portrait of an artist who never stops performing.Read More
Raindance 2017 reviews: Bees Make Honey, I’m Not Here
September 23, 2017 | David FarnorThe 2017 Raindance Film Festival takes place in London from Wednesday 20th September to Sunday 1st October, showcasing web series, VR shorts and indie films from around the world. We take a look at some of the movies screening, from … Read More
First look Walter Presents TV review: Fugitives (Profugos)
September 20, 2017 | David FarnorPablo Larrain is on fine, fiery form in this violently gripping Chilean crime thriller.Read More
UK TV review: Outlander Season 3, Episode 2
September 18, 2017 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers for Episode 2 of Outlander Season 3. Not caught up? Read our reviews here.
Poor old Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) just can’t catch a break. Outlander seems to enjoy finding new ways to torment him with … Read More
Netflix UK film review: Passengers
September 17, 2017 | David FarnorEven Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence can’t save this dramatically inert, woefully misjudged sci-fi.Read More
Netflix UK short film review: Resurface
September 17, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix’s surfing short is a moving, beautiful snapshot of hope.Read More
Strong Island: “An entire family can have their experience affirmed”
September 17, 2017 | David FarnorThis weekend sees the release of Strong Island, a powerful, personal documentary that began a quarter of a century ago, when William Ford Jr. was killed by a white mechanic in New York. Although William was unarmed, he became the … Read More
VOD film review: Colossal
September 16, 2017 | David FarnorAbsurdly big and movingly small, this unusual monster movie is a funny, disturbing and surprising study of toxic behaviour.Read More
Netflix UK film review: First They Killed My Father
September 16, 2017 | David FarnorAngelina Jolie’s moving, harrowing portrait of life under the Khmer Rouge regime announces her as a director of real heart and purpose.Read More