Review
Two over-the-top social satires take sharp swipes at modern excesses.
These are compelling stories about the trials and tribulations of dynamic, working-class characters.
Chant For Our Planet is a great recording full of exciting ensemble playing, with lots of tasty solos and, if you want to listen in that way, an important theme that expresses deep concern for the state of our environment.
Every few years a smart teen rom-com comes along that deftly puts a modern, and pleasingly iconoclastic, spin on a classic piece of literature.
Surprisingly, for a band whose hypnotic music throughout the documentary provides a continuum with menacing and meditative extremes that mesh with near-mathematical discipline, it’s the human elements that leave the greatest impressions..
Sultry, smart, and sweet, From a Window To A Screen will be a perfect accompaniment to romantic winter nights.
Reviews of two standout films from the 66th London Film Festival — one of the most dynamic festival programs in recent memory.
More than skin deep, and not as sentimental as it might first appear, Rachel Portesi’s adoption of Victorian techniques is appropriate to the themes of loss and change she sets out to explore.
It is tempting to call All That Breathes a film of great humanity, but the documentary’s empathy extends far beyond humans.
You want horror? This month Criterion Channel serves up plenty of cinematic chills, vintage and otherwise.
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