Posts By David Farnor
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
VOD film review: The Lookout
September 16, 2017 | David FarnorThis gripping, low-key thriller, featuring early turns from Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Matthew Goode, remains one to watch.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Strong Island
September 14, 2017 | David FarnorA powerful deconstruction of race and grief, this bracingly honest documentary will stay with you for days.Read More
VOD film review: Silence
September 12, 2017 | David FarnorThis scorchingly personal epic is a quietly towering study of faith and doubt.Read More