VOD film review: Mia Madre

Nanni Moretti’s moving, personal drama is well acted but scattered.Read More

VOD film review: Lessons in Love

Unconvincing characters leaves Lessons in Love several classes short of a full course.Read More

VOD film review: Marshland

Director: Alberto Rodríguez Cast: Raúl Arévalo, Javier Gutiérrez, Nerea Barros, Antonio de la Torre Certificate: 15 Watch Marshland online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play

The centre of the Venn … Read More

Toy Story 1, 2 and 3: Time and other perils of being a toy

20 years ago, Disney released Toy Story, the first fully CG-animated feature film. While the quality of animation has improved over time, the 1995 movie holds up well, in part because the early films by Pixar Animation Studios play the … Read More

VOD film review: Just Jim

Director: Craig Roberts Cast: Craig Roberts, Emile Hirsch, Sai Bennett Certficate: 15 Watch Just Jim online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / BFI Player / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

What is it … Read More

VOD film review: Rosewater

Director: Jon Stewart Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Kim Bodnia Certificate: 15 Watch Rosewater online in the UK: Virgin Movies / TalkTalk / Eircom

When Jon Stewart took a break from The Daily Show to make Rosewater, the true story of … Read More

VOD film review: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

A tremendously worrying documentary.Read More

VOD film review: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel’s bloated sequel is too busy joining dots to assemble an entertaining blockbuster.Read More

VOD film review: 52 Tuesdays

A movingly understated drama.Read More

VOD film review: If I Close My Eyes, I’m Not Here

Director: Vittorio Moroni Cast: Elena Arvigo, Giorgio Colangeli, Vladimir Doda Watch If I Close My Eyes, I’m Not online in the UK: FilmDoo

“If you want to know something, you first must know why you want to know it.” That’s … Read More