Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s BELLE (GKIDS)
The Visually Stunning retelling of Beauty and the Beast for the internet age Belle from writer/director Mamoru Hosoda comes to Blu-ray thanks to ShoutContinue Reading
Tag: Social Drama
Film Review: The Great Movement (2022) 
A surreal mix of events which – on paper – make little sense, but which coalesce into a treatise onContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Zoot Suit (KL Studio Classics)
Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit is as searing an indictment of systematic racism as it was when it was released inContinue Reading
Film Review: Ali & Ava (2022)
Depicting the spark of a love story in a northern town, Ali & Ava contains two exceptional performances from its leads, andContinue Reading
Medusa – AFI Film Festival 2021
Writer/Director Anita Rocha da Silveira comes roaring back to the AFI Film Festival with Medusa. Six years between films is aContinue Reading
Beans – Raindance Film Festival 2021
A coming of age story from a little-seen historical and cultural perspective, centred on an indigenous girl growing up inContinue Reading
White Building – London Film Festival 2021
A young man must come to terms with multiple changes in his life, as his friends move on and theContinue Reading
Nudo Mixteco – London Film Festival 2021
A Mexican village sees the return of three of its former inhabitants, all of whom have come back to dealContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Whirlpool of Fate (Kino Classics)
Jean Renoir’s debut feature Whirlpool of Fate comes to Blu-Ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The Film There must be an understanding whenContinue Reading
Film Review: Les Nôtres (2021)
Uncomfortable yet compelling viewing set in suburban Quebec, Les Nôtres – from Canadian director Jeanne Leblanc – takes a peek behind theContinue Reading