Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with $70k in student debt and stuck in a low paid catering delivery job. The misdemeanour assault record she obtained as a student due to an altercation with a boyfriend has locked her out of her dream career working as an artist in graphic design. The perpetual cycle of job … Continue reading Emily The Criminal
Santa Claus (David Harbour) finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation at the home of the super rich Lightstone family when some thieves led by Mr. Scrooge (John Leguizamo) descend upon them to open their secret vault full of money. Violent Night is a film that decides to pay homage to two of … Continue reading Violent Night
Sometime in the 1990’s eleven year old Sophie (Frankie Corio) went on holiday with her father Calum (Paul Mescal) to Turkey. Aftersun is a recollection of that holiday as Sophie’s memories blur at the edges of what she remembers and her interpretations of events. Aftersun is a stunning achievement from debut feature writer/director Charlotte Wells. … Continue reading Aftersun
Following a car accident as a young girl Alexia (Agathe Rousselle) had a titanium plate inserted into her skull. As an adult she has a sexual proclivity to metal and is a serial killer. In an effort to escape capture she changes her appearance to that of a boy named Adrien who went missing ten … Continue reading Titane
Brian (David Earl) lives all alone in a farm house in a rural welsh village. As loneliness and depression begins to take hold he throws himself into inventing as a way to keep his mind busy. The result is a robot named Charles (Chris Hayward). Charles, who in a particularly lovely scene chooses his own name … Continue reading Brian And Charles
Lily (Anna Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) used to be firm friends as young girls but grew apart after the death of Lily’s father. Following an incident with Amanda’s horse her mother pays Lily to tutor her on the proviso that she makes it look like she just wants to reconnect. Lily and Amanda are … Continue reading Thoroughbreds
Maren (Taylor Russell) has lived alone with her father (Andre Holland) since the age of three. Moving around from city to city hiding a secret in her nature. Maren has a compulsion to eat human flesh. At the age of eighteen following another incident her father abandons her with some money, her birth certificate and … Continue reading Bones And All
Based on the Roald Dahl book, Matilda (Alisha Weir) is the story of an exceptionally gifted young girl who frees her school from the tyrannical Headmistress Miss. Trunchbull (Emma Thompson). Matilda’s parents played to absolute perfection by Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham are hardly interested in their daughter. The disappointment of not having a son … Continue reading Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) is taking his partner Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) to the most prestigious restaurant imaginable. Hawthorn is situated on an island where the only inhabitants are the restaurant staff and their leader, Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). At this restaurant the clientele are asked not to simply eat, but to savour every mouthful that they … Continue reading The Menu
Queens, New York 1980. Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) has just started sixth grade and befriends Johnny Davis (Jaylin Webb), the only black kid in his class. As they find themselves regularly getting into trouble Paul discovers that life is not a level playing field. Armageddon Time is a semi autobiographical film for writer/director James Gray … Continue reading Armageddon Time
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