Posts By Katherine McLaughlin
Netflix UK TV review: Feel Good Season 2
June 4, 2021 | Katherine McLaughlinThis achingly beautiful and witty rom-com navigates modern love and identity with empathy and humour.Read More
Dinner in America review: A future cult classic
June 2, 2021 | Katherine McLaughlinThis unexpected, eccentric and hilarious lovers-on-the-run comedy is a future cult classic.Read More
Why Adult Material should be your next box set
May 29, 2021 | Katherine McLaughlinHayley Squires is daringly brilliant in this smartly feminist show that offers both big laughs and tears.Read More
VOD film review: Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
March 11, 2021 | Katherine McLaughlinA searing yet down-to-earth portrait of a woman ahead of her time who raged against the system.Read More
VOD film review: Saint Frances
November 18, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinThis funny, heart-wrenching and gorgeously shot tale of a 30-something woman finding herself exudes warmth, kindness and humour.Read More
VOD film review: Le Havre
October 5, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinA French community harbour a young African man from harm in this tender, optimistic and empathetic tale of humanity.Read More
MUBI Mondays: The Stranger (1991)
September 7, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinSatyajit Ray’s bittersweet and spirited swansong finds complex meaning through passionate debate.Read More
MUBI Mondays: Lourdes (2009)
August 24, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinOn Mondays, two of our resident cinephiles highlight a film currently available on MUBI UK. We call it MUBI Mondays.
If you’ve recently watched Austrian director, Jessica Hausner’s, first English language film, Little Joe, you’ll be aware that her mise … Read More
The Vast of Night review: A captivating debut
May 29, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinThis captivating debut feature pays affectionate and mischievous homage to 1950s sci-fi.
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While you were streaming: How Netflix embraced the rom-com
May 23, 2020 | Katherine McLaughlinIn 2017, Netflix released its first romantic comedy under its “Original” banner: A Christmas Prince followed a comforting Hallmark movie formula, with subsequent sequels, The Royal Baby and The Royal Wedding released yearly to make up an Aldovia-based trilogy. Since … Read More