Posts By Simon Kinnear
Netflix UK film review: Aquarius
June 23, 2017 | Simon KinnearDirector: Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos Certificate: 18 Watch Aquarius online in the UK: Netflix UK
This mini-review was first published at Cannes 2016.
Neighbouring Sounds marked Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho as a major … Read More
UK TV review: Twin Peaks The Return, Episodes 5 to 7 (spoilers)
June 21, 2017 | Simon KinnearThis new season of Twin Peaks is increasingly amongst the finest work David Lynch has ever done.Read More
UK TV review: Twin Peaks The Return, Episodes 1 to 4 (spoilers)
May 27, 2017 | Simon KinnearThis nightmarish, tender return to Twin Peaks is as radical in 2017 as the original series was in 1990 – if not more so.Read More
VOD film review: Graduation
March 31, 2017 | Simon KinnearCristian Mungiu’s latest is an enthralling, agonising voyage into the moral abyss.Read More
Twin Peaks Season 1: Unlike anything else on TV
March 28, 2017 | Simon KinnearIt doesn’t take long to fall under the spell of Twin Peaks. Like newly arrived FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle McLachlan) – captivated by the lush woodlands and entranced by the damn fine cherry pie – this is immersive … Read More
VOD film review: Paterson
March 25, 2017 | Simon KinnearJarmusch’s hymn to finding something you love, and loving it, is brilliant, idiosyncratic cinema.Read More
VOD film review: The Salesman
March 17, 2017 | Simon KinnearA moral fable disguised as a thriller, Farhadi’s The Salesman is brilliant, bold cinema.Read More
Reasons to visit Twin Peaks: A first timer’s guide to David Lynch’s series
February 21, 2017 | Simon KinnearTwin Peaks has returned for its long-awaited comeback – but if you’ve never visited the North-western town where murder is the least weird thing going on, here’s everything you need to know about David Lynch’s cult 1990s TV show.
VOD film review: I, Daniel Blake
February 15, 2017 | Simon KinnearKen Loach’s powerful protest digs deep into a wellspring of tightly focussed rage.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Captain Fantastic
January 23, 2017 | Simon KinnearThis whimsical indie drama is more nuanced than its Little Miss Sunshine stylings might suggest.Read More