Ali & Ava review: An understated delight

May 20, 2022 | James R

Clio Barnard’s beautifully warm tale of acceptance and affection is an understated delight.Read More

Apple TV+ review: The Essex Serpent

May 13, 2022 | Katherine McLaughlin

This atmospheric adaptation of Sarah Perry’s gothic mystery is an invigorating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.Read More

Clio Barnard’s The Arbor released for free online

June 11, 2020 | James R

Clio Barnard’s The Arbor is available to stream online.

In celebration of a decade since the release of the artist and director’s debut , Artangel is streaming the film for free online.

A groundbreaking dramatised documentary about the troubled … Read More

VOD film review: Dark River

June 26, 2018 | James R

Clio Barnard’s intense Gothic pastoral is a superbly performed study of unspoken grief and aggressive denial.Read More

Interview – Junkyard Boys: Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas on tackling The Selfish Giant

October 27, 2013 | James R

“I don’t think my mum were that bothered when I first told her!” laughs Conner Chapman at the UK premiere of The Selfish Giant at the London Film Festival.

Alongside 16 year old Shaun Thomas, Conner (15) makes his screen … Read More

The Selfish Giant Interview: Clio Barnard

October 25, 2013 | James R

The Selfish Giant is out in UK cinemas and on video on-demand today. The first feature film from director Clio Barnard, who impressed in 2010 with the non-fiction film The Arbor, it’s a moving, thoughtful tale about what happens when … Read More

VOD film review: The Selfish Giant

October 24, 2013 | James R

Clio Barnard’s scrapheap coming-of-age drama is a tiny, towering study of friendship and class.Read More