Posts By David Farnor
Catch Up TV review: My Grandparents’ War, Tutankhamun
December 1, 2019 | David Farnor
What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
VOD film review: The Nightingale
December 1, 2019 | David Farnor
Jennifer Kent relives real horrors of history in this harrowing, brutal, powerful revenge drama.Read More
VOD film review: Mean Streets
November 28, 2019 | David Farnor
Martin Scorsese’s scuzzy, stylish gangster drama is a formative flick for the filmmaker and genre alike.Read More
Servant review: Enjoyably uneasy viewing
November 28, 2019 | David Farnor
M Night Shyamalan’s stylish, sinister thriller is enjoyably ridiculous viewing.Read More
VOD film review: GoodFellas
November 27, 2019 | David Farnor
Scorsese’s energetic dive into organised crime is a thrilling ride laced with brutally dark irony.Read More
VOD film review: The King of Comedy
November 26, 2019 | David Farnor
Robert De Niro is disturbingly cheerful in Scorsese’s twisted satire of celebrity culture.Read More
VOD film review: Taxi Driver
November 25, 2019 | David Farnor
Robert De Niro is remarkable in Martin Scorsese’s powerfully disturbing portrait of a lone man in New York.Read More
UK TV review: Shiro’s Story
November 24, 2019 | David Farnor
This wittily written musical drama is a gripping, moving and surprising story of consequences.Read More
VOD film review: The Lion King (2019)
November 24, 2019 | David Farnor
This visually stunning remake of The Lion King still needs to work on its roar.Read More
VOD film review: Permission
November 24, 2019 | David Farnor
This tense drama about a female footballer forbidden from leaving Iran is a powerful takedown of an unequal system.Read More
