Movies
Reviews of films available on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime and other video on-demand services.
VOD film review: The Immortal Story
December 5, 2020 | David Farnor
Orson Welles’ slight but fascinating short film is a meditation on the power of storytelling.Read More
County Lines review: A bleak, powerful drama
December 4, 2020 | David Farnor
The dark realities of child drug trafficking come to light in this bleak, powerful drama.Read More
Falling review: A tender directorial debut
December 4, 2020 | David Farnor
Viggo Mortensen makes a tender directorial debut with this thoughtful dementia drama.Read More
Muscle review: An intense study of injured masculinity
December 4, 2020 | Anton Bitel
Gerard Johnson’s body-building buddy movie Muscle lays out in black and white the longing and panic of injured masculinity.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Mank
December 4, 2020 | David Farnor
David Fincher’s portrait of the artist behind Citizen Kane is a swooning, cynical cinephile’s dream.Read More
Shudder UK film review: Anything for Jackson
December 3, 2020 | Anton Bitel
A kindly old couple raise hell to get their dead grandson back in this dark apocalyptic comedy.Read More
VOD film review: Uncle Frank
December 1, 2020 | David Farnor
Paul Bettany is excellent in this drama about a closeted college professor in the 1970s.Read More
VOD film review: Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
November 30, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Kelly Reichardt’s deliberately slow-paced revisionist Western is an acquired taste, but one that rewards revisits.Read More
VOD film review: House by the River
November 29, 2020 | David Farnor
Fritz Lang is on stylish form for this chilling tale dripping with atmosphere.Read More
VOD film review: Happiest Season
November 28, 2020 | David Farnor
Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis lead a delightful ensemble cast in this feel-good Christmas comedy about acceptance.Read More
