Lincoln
In January 1865 Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) seeks to pass the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution in order to prohibit slavery before the end of the Civil […]
Tag Archives: 2010s
Book Review: The Secret Commonwealth
The sequel to 2017’s La Belle Sauvage, and the second part of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust ‘equel’ trilogy, The Secret Commonwealth is set nearly two decades later, and […]
The Farewell
Lula Wang’s The Farewell concerns a Chinese-American family keeping its matriarch’s terminal illness a secret from her, like Goodbye Lenin but set in the real world. “Based on an actual […]
The Day Shall Come
Last time Chris Morris directed a film he took satirical aim at a Sheffield-based terrorist cell in the brilliant Four Lions. Now, almost a decade later, he turns his fire […]
Joker
An origins story for Batman’s most iconic and frequently portrayed villain, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a disturbed stand-up comedian who seeks an outlet for his psychosis after […]
Ian McKellan On Stage
Ian McKellen shares readings from his most popular works and anecdotes from his long career in this show to mark his 80th birthday. McKellen begins with a reading from The […]
Ready or Not
This new horror movie is the third film called Ready or Not in the last 10 years – although in parts of Canada it has the scarier title of Prêt […]
The Milk System
Documentarian Andreas Pichler, who grew up on a dairy farm, looks at how the industry has changed over the decades. Through interviews with farmers and industry experts he looks at […]
Judy
Renée Zellweger continues her campaign against London as Judy Garland, whose struggles with substance abuse and custody battles bring her to England in 1969, in the feelbad romp of the […]
The Legend of Barney Thompson
Robert Carlyle directs and stars as the titular character, a cantankerous barber whose boring life is turned upside down when he accidentally kills someone and ends up being wanted for […]
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