Sentimental without being drippy, rollicking and rousing without being over-the-top, Pride (directed by Matthew Warchus) is the epitome of a feel good movie. With its bopping soundtrack of 1980s pop hits, sweeping camera, and bright colours – there’s even a fabulous dance number – the film remains buoyant throughout even as it tackles tough issues and […]
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Review: Please Like Me Season 2 is even better and smarter
Please Like Me returns for season 2, and it’s even funnier, smarter, stronger, and more mature.
Reviews: pulp thriller Cold in July and disappointing LGBT drama Test
Every city has a cinema where movies go to die. In San Francisco, Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinemas takes that honour: with five tiny screens and sound so tinny your iPod earbuds would probably be an improvement, the cinema plays hosts to movies that have worn out their welcome at Landmark’s bigger screens or that were […]
SFIFF Reviews: Bad Hair and Night Moves
Two of the highlights of this year’s SFIFF were the LGBTQ coming-of-ager Bad Hair and Kelly Reichardt’s environmental terrorism thriller, Night Moves.
SFIFF Film Review: Yossi Aviram’s La Dune is a story of two broken men
Yossi Aviram’s directorial debut, which he also penned, is a quiet story of two broken men — a father and his estranged son — who are always shot as lonely figures against a vast, beautiful landscape.
Sundance Review: Hong Khaou’s film Lilting explores grief with Ben Whishaw
Hong Khaou’s feature film debut, Lilting, is an exploration of grief, family, and the trauma of immigration. The film premiered at Sundance. Is there anything Ben Whishaw can’t do? He played Hamlet in the West End at twenty-three, Keats in Bright Star, Q in Skyfall, a timid but potentially dangerous young man in Criminal Justice, and […]