All is True
This is the a film about the later years of Shakespeare’s (Kenneth Branagh) life as he deals with the twin tragedies of the death of his son, Hamnet, and the […]
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RBG
As often happens, this documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives ahead of a biopic (On the Basis of Sex), where we’ll get to see the same events again […]
Music for 18 Musicians
This concert, hosted by the South Bank Centre, is a programme of all things Steve Reich, performed by the London Sinfonietta. For a minimalist work, the venue was rather maximalist, with […]
Roma
Between the deaths of that raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy and Liam Neeson’s career, it’s been a weird couple of weeks in movieland. But weirdest of all? A Netflix film is […]
Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist
London’s Vault Festival includes in its theatre/comedy line-up this wonderfully modern take on a tale as old as A Christmas Carol: a depressed man receives a spiritual visitor who helps […]
Pitch Perfect
This is a competition movie about two a cappella singing teams, the Barden Bellas and the Treblemakers, at a university for the musically impaired. I hated this film and I […]
Bros: After the Screaming Stops
All I knew of ’80s band Bros was that drummer Luke Goss had been in Blade II and Hellboy II, and that this film was apparently the most Brentian documentary since […]
Alita: Battle Angel
A cyborg (Rosa Salazar) in the slums must compete in a deadly sport to reach the floating city that holds the key to her past in Alita: Battle Angel, AKA Ready […]
Heal the Living
This French film from 2014 follows two families: the parents of Simon (Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gabin Verdet), a 17-year-old boy who’s left brain dead after a car accident; and […]
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The Happytime Murders‘ Melissa McCarthy asks our forgiveness in this biography of biographer Lee Israel. The woman who put Sean Spicer on the map turns her efforts to a different kind […]
