Posts By Simon Kinnear
VOD film review: Fight Club
January 4, 2017 | Simon KinnearDavid Fincher’s instant classic is at once timeless and a product of its time.Read More
VOD film review: Chevalier
December 14, 2016 | Simon KinnearDirector: Athina Rachel Tsangari Cast: Yiorgos Kendros, Panos Koronis, Makis Papadimitriou Certificate: 18 Watch Chevalier online in the UK: BFI Player / Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
A chevalier … Read More
VOD film review: The Neon Demon
October 31, 2016 | Simon KinnearBeguiling and intoxicating, Nicolas Winding Refn’s satire of the modelling world is a masterpiece of mood.Read More
VOD film review: Under The Shadow
October 7, 2016 | Simon KinnearBalancing frights and powerful themes, Babak Anvari’s sensational debut is an instant classic.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Clan
September 16, 2016 | Simon KinnearA stark, sober gangster drama shot through with a choking, claustrophobic sense of horror.Read More
Pan’s Labyrinth: The 21st century’s defining live-action fantasy
September 5, 2016 | Simon KinnearGuillermo del Toro’s beautiful, bold masterpiece is the 21st century’s defining live-action fantasy.Read More
VOD film review: Knight of Cups
August 15, 2016 | Simon KinnearAssembled with obvious care, but to little explicable purpose, this pompous film amounts to a very expensive game of “Where’s Wally?”Read More
Cannes 2016 Interview: MUBI curator Chiara Marañón on competing to acquire the best of the fest
May 22, 2016 | Simon KinnearInside VOD: We take you behind the scenes of the video on-demand industry by interviewing key figures in the streaming world.
It was a year ago that VOD platform MUBI shocked the industry at the Cannes Film Festival by announcing … Read More
Cannes 2016 reviews round-up: The Unknown Girl, The Wailing, It’s Only the End of the World, Bacalaureat
May 21, 2016 | Simon KinnearWith Amazon Studios having snapped up the US streaming rights to six films screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, we head to the Croisette to check out some of the other movies on offer, including the latest from Xavier … Read More
Cannes 2016 reviews round-up: Caini, Hell Or High Water, Julieta, Aquarius
May 19, 2016 | Simon KinnearWith Amazon Studios having snapped up the US streaming rights to six films screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, we head to the Croisette to check out some of the other movies on offer. Will they be a VOD … Read More