Posts By David Farnor
VOD film review: Collective
January 11, 2021 | David Farnor
This gut-churning documentary about healthcare corruption in Romania is a gripping, harrowing watch.Read More
First look UK TV review: The Stand
January 10, 2021 | David Farnor
A strong cast and interesting ideas battle with uneven pacing in this grim Stephen King adaptation.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Dick Johnson Is Dead
January 10, 2021 | David Farnor
This surprising, funny, profound and strangely life-affirming documentary is unlike anything else you’ll see this year.Read More
UK TV review: Staged Season 2
January 10, 2021 | David Farnor
David Tennant and Michael Sheen bring heart as well as humour to this self-aware second chapter of their lockdown satire.Read More
Up: Looking back at Michael Apted’s groundbreaking series
January 10, 2021 | David Farnor
There are lots of documentaries that claim to be groundbreaking. The Up series genuinely is. Following 14 British people since 1964, when they were just seven years old, the show went on to check back in on each one every … Read More
VOD film review: 21 Bridges
January 9, 2021 | David Farnor
Chadwick Boseman is on charismatic form in this tense Manhattan thriller.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
January 9, 2021 | David Farnor
Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis lead an electrifying ensemble in this timely chamber piece that resonates long after its final note.Read More
VOD film review: The New Mutants
January 9, 2021 | David Farnor
This intriguingly dark superhero outing is a forgettable, shallow ride.Read More
Netflix UK film review: We Can Be Heroes
January 9, 2021 | David Farnor
The kids are all right in Robert Rodriguez’s energetic superhero comedy.Read More
National Theatre at Home review: Othello
January 7, 2021 | David Farnor
Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear are superb in this thrilling update of Shakespeare’s tragedy.Read More
