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No Time to Die
A review by Jonathan Romney for Screen Daily2021-09-28
There’s plenty to gawk at, and to argue over, in this episode - yet No Time To Die is oddly lacking in pleasure or real wit.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Tragedy of Macbeth
A review by Stephen Whitty for Screen Daily2021-09-24
With standout performances by stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, expert imagery and striking production design, Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is hardly a tale told by an idiot. But it could actually use a little more sound and fury – and a better idea of what it’s supposed to be signifying.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Lone Wolf
A review by Wendy Ide for Screen Daily2021-09-22
This intriguing political thriller uses the ideological beliefs of its characters as a jumping-off point, but is most effective when it takes its own stance, and starts to unpick the tiers of exploitation within society.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Humans
A review by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily2021-09-18
The Humans is a marvel of slight shifts in tone and rhythm, guided by a uniformly strong cast of actors who deliver naturalistic performances which show the cracks in their characters’ pleasant veneer.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Becoming Cousteau
A review by Allan Hunter for Screen Daily2021-09-17
Garbus’s approach is respectful, never hagiographic and allows room for consideration of Cousteau’s professional regrets and personal failings.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
My Name Is Pauli Murray
A review by Allan Hunter for Screen Daily2021-09-17
West and Cohen reflect some of Murray’s unassuming nature in a diligently assembled, absorbing film that treats its fascinating subject matter with respect.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Old Henry
A review by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily2021-09-17
Writer-director Potsy Ponciroli has crafted a taut Western that borrows heavily from familiar themes and storylines, but it has been constructed with such confidence and precision that one can’t help but be seduced by the picture’s stripped-down spell.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Belfast
A review by Fionnuala Halligan for Screen Daily2021-09-17
The result is engaging, tender film-making which tugs at the heart-strings, spurred by a sympathetic cast and the young lead, newcomer Jude Hill.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Writing with Fire
A review for Screen Daily2021-09-16
Whether the pen is mightier than the sword may be up for debate, but as this engaging and hopeful documentary by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh shows, words have the power to change things when wielded carefully.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Dear Evan Hansen
A review by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily2021-09-15
Director Stephen Chbosky badly mishandles the material, resulting in an increasingly frustrating experience in which Evan’s inability to come clean leads to a string of emotional manipulations that sometimes border on cruel.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
A review by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily2021-09-15
The film ultimately feels like a superficial examination of rich subject matter.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Cry Macho
A review by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily2021-09-15
From the film’s first moments, the audience can guess exactly how the story will pan out, and the pleasure is watching Eastwood gracefully negotiate every well-worn twist and turn.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
A review by Fionnuala Halligan for Screen Daily2021-09-13
Boxily framed, the film tries out several visual looks, wandering tonally through its own aesthetic maze.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Mad Women's Ball
A review by Wendy Ide for Screen Daily2021-09-13
The latest picture from Melanie Laurent is a strikingly beautiful production which delves deep into the ugliness at the roots of psychiatric medicine.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Starling
A review by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily2021-09-12
The actors lend sincerity to the proceedings, but the film keeps cheating to achieve its dramatic payoffs.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
7 Prisoners
A review by Wendy Ide for Screen Daily2021-09-11
This impressive feature from Alexandre Moratto takes the topic of modern-day enslavement as a jumping-off point for a morality tale which gets increasingly knotty and satisfying as it goes on.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Last Duel
A review by Fionnuala Halligan for Screen Daily2021-09-10
Whether it’s the sheer weight of the narrative repetition - which involves rewatching a brutal rape - or the two-men/one-woman perspective, which results in an underwritten character and a strained performance from Comer, The Last Duel is crushed by the weight of its own armour.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Azor
A review by Wendy Ide for Screen Daily2021-09-10
The striking feature film debut from Andreas Fontana brings a prickly thriller sensibility to the closed world of high finance and a piquancy to the phrase ‘dirty money’.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
The Guilty
A review by Tim Grierson for Screen Daily2021-09-10
A claustrophobic thriller about a disgraced cop trying to undo his past mistakes over the course of one supremely stressful night, The Guilty boasts a clever close-quarters conceit that ends up feeling more like an actorly exercise than a gripping human drama.Read entire review on Screen Daily -
Halloween Kills
A review by Wendy Ide for Screen Daily2021-09-08
Whatever else could be said about this competent and generally pretty entertaining latest addition to the series, surprising it is not.Read entire review on Screen Daily
