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REVIEW: Jim Cummings is Back With a Bite in ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ (2020)

The tightly-wound, violent energy and the spiralling personal drama coexist in ways I’ve not experienced outside of Cummings’ oeuvre.

Image is from the film Rose: A Love Story. A couple hug one another in a bathroom.

LFF REVIEW: ‘Rose: A Love Story’ (2020) is a Vampire Film For Our Times

By: Kevin Woodley 22nd Oct 202019th Oct 2020

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An efficiently crafted piece of work shrouded in dread and frozen to last.

LFF REVIEW: ‘Industry’ (2020) is an Entertaining but Flawed Financial Drama

By: Gavin Spoors 22nd Oct 202019th Oct 2020

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Industry excels at putting the audience in the moment, but lacks urgency and depth.

This image is from the film Another Round. A dishevelled middle ages man engages in conversation.

LFF REVIEW: ‘Another Round’ (2020) Fails to Say Anything New or Meaningful

By: Gavin Spoors 21st Oct 202019th Oct 2020

Featured, Festivals, Film, ReviewsAnother Round, BFI, danish, drama, London Film Festival, Mads Mikkelsen, Swedish, Thomas VinterburgLeave a Comment

Unfortunately Another Round goes through familiar themes without adding anything new to the table.

LFF REVIEW: ‘Honeymood’ (2020) Takes Viewers on a Journey to Nowhere

By: Gavin Spoors 12th Oct 202011th Oct 2020

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What could have been a fun-filled adventure ends up being a meandering journey through meaningless plot points.

REVIEW: ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ (2020) is a Paradox of a Film

By: Gavin Spoors 8th Sep 20207th Sep 2020

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I’m Thinking of Ending Things is everything and nothing, meaningless but meaningful.

REVIEW: ‘The Assistant’ (2020) is an Unflinching Look at Harassment in the Workplace

By: Gavin Spoors 3rd Aug 20202nd Aug 2020

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Green has crafted a very real and very horrifying look into what it’s like to serve powerful executives within a toxic workplace.

Maxine Peake in Fanny Lye Deliver'd. A middle-aged woman with blue eyes, dressed in 17th century Puritan clothing, stands in a doorway and stares ahead.

REVIEW: ‘Fanny Lye Deliver’d’ (2019) is an Offbeat Feminist Folk Horror

By: Kevin Woodley 12th Jun 20209th Jun 2020

Featured, Film, ReviewsCharles Dance, drama, Film, folklore, Freddie Fox, Horror, Maxine Peake, review, Tanya Reynolds, Thomas ClayLeave a Comment

A comic folk horror that erupts into a feminist story of woman’s rebirth and fiery retribution.

Review: ‘Tales from the Loop’ (2020) is a Quiet Meditation on the Human Condition

By: Gavin Spoors 10th Apr 202017th Jun 2020

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Most anthology series have glaring differences in quality but Tales from the Loop stands out for having strong episodes throughout. Sure there are episodes that aren’t as engaging but every episode has an interesting story, stunning cinematography and incredible music.

REVIEW: ‘Horse Girl’ (2020) Leaves Behind a Craving for More

By: Jenni Holtz 19th Feb 202019th Feb 2020

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Horse Girl had a lot of potential, but ended up feeling like a strong concept and creative visuals strung together without deeper meaning. The ambiguous ending leaves behind a craving for something more.