Reviews
Reviews of movies and TV shows available to watch online on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime Instant Video, NOW TV, BBC iPlayer, iTunes, BFI Player and more.
VOD film review: The Girl with a Bracelet
June 27, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
This understated legal drama may have you questioning your own means of judgement.Read More
VOD film review: Carmine Street Guitars
June 27, 2020 | Matthew Turner
This delightfully soothing documentary spends a week with guitar makers and players in New York’s Greenwich Village.Read More
Welcome to Chechnya review: One of the most important documentaries of the year
June 26, 2020 | David Farnor
This gripping, chilling documentary about atrocities against Chechnya’s LGBTQ+ population is one of the most important films of the year.Read More
VOD film review: Ride Like a Girl
June 26, 2020 | Matthew Turner
Teresa Palmer stars in this unashamedly feel-good sports drama about the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup.Read More
Digital theatre review: The Tempest (2013)
June 25, 2020 | David Farnor
The Tempest has never been this writer’s most loved Shakespeare play. With its complicated themes of colonialism underlying a a story of revenge and redemption, it’s not exactly a barrel of laughs a minute. It’s rich, intriguing and full of … Read More
Time Travel Thursdays: Another Time (2018)
June 25, 2020 | Matthew Turner
A science whizz travels back in time to win the woman of his dreams in this watchable but poorly developed romance.Read More
VOD film review: The Uncertain Kingdom – Volumes I & II
June 25, 2020 | Laurence Boyce
This timely anthology provides food for thought and a showcase for talented filmmakers.Read More
UK Jewish Film Festival review: The Viewing Booth
June 25, 2020 | Matthew Turner
This fascinating and provocative documentary explores the way we interpret images through our preconceptions.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: LOL: Australia
June 24, 2020 | David Farnor
As Channel 4 marks the 20th anniversary of Big Brother this summer, Amazon is busy coming up with its own take on lockdown reality TV: a contest between comedians to see who’s the funniest, based on Japanese series Documental. The … Read More
VOD film review: Fanny Lye Deliver’d
June 24, 2020 | Anton Bitel
Thomas Clay’s third feature offers an English history of patriarchy, hypocrisy and oppression – and the first fruits of female resistance.Read More
