Alex Heeney reviews Ken Loach’s The Old Oak about finding solidarity between former British miners and new Syrian refugees in a small town.
Essays
Film Review: Wicked Little Letters is predictable fun
Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters is the kind of film you can enjoy with your mum and immediately forget about afterward.
Love Lies Bleeding is a slick, cheeky thriller about lesbian codependency
Unlike the harrowingly exquisite Saint Maud, Rose Glass’s second feature film, Love Lies Bleeding, is just as likely to make you giggle as it is to make you gasp.
Yuni is a smart Indonesian coming-of-age story
In Kamila Andini’s Yuni, teenage Yuni tries to figure out who she is amidst growing patriarchal pressures.
Film Review: James Hawes’s One Life
Alex Heeney reviews James Hawes’s new film One Life, a WWII drama with a strong story and an incredible cast.
Berlinale Review: Klára Tasovská’s I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
Klára Tasovská’s inventive documentary I’m Not Everything I Want to Be chronicles the life of photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková as she tries to become who she wants to be amidst oppression.