Festivals - Front Row Reviews

#EdFilmFest Opening Night: God’s Own Country Review

June 22, 2017

It’s been a long while since the Edinburgh International Film Festival has had an opening film of some substance, but it has broken that trend with gusto. This is a choice that is far from pointlessly shocking,... Read More...

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Splice Festival Second Edition Preview

May 4, 2017

AV Festival, Features, Upcoming Events

Splice Festival is back for its second edition, taking place over the bank holiday weekend 26th - 28th May 2017 at East London’s multi-arts centres Rich Mix, Red Gallery and Kamio. Part of the EU funded AV N... Read More...

BFI Flare: Barry’s Report

April 3, 2017

BFI Flare, Festivals, Reviews

Entering its thirty-first year, the BFI Flare film festival remains a vital showcase for queer filmmakers and artists; bringing together LGBT themed films from across the world.

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Una Mujer Fantastica review

February 16, 2017

Berlin Film Festival, Reviews

It is seemingly never far from a festival director’s mind to include films that challenge the social mores of society. Boundary pushing and taboo-busting is as much a part of the motivating force behind film fe... Read More...

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Final Portrait review

February 16, 2017

Berlin Film Festival, Reviews

Stanley Tucci is not a man to be rushed into the director’s chair. His latest effort, Final Portrait (which could also easily be renamed ‘Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man’), represents his first foray as a ... Read More...

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Casting JonBenet

February 15, 2017

Berlin Film Festival, Reviews

Showcasing an approach that infused Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie, Australian filmmaker Kitty Green analyses her subject through a procession of casting calls for a realisation of a crime that shook a sm... Read More...

The Handmaiden Review

A Pair of Shorts: The Doghouse / Russell

The War for the Planet of the Apes – a fitting final chapter for one of the greatest trilogies of the modern era

A Change in the Weather Review

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ review

#EdFilmFest: Where is Kyra? Review

#EdFilmFest: Fragil Equilibrio (Delicate Balance) Review

Denial DVD Review

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen Blu Ray Review

Castle Keep Blu Ray Review

Mickey One Blu ray Review

Fifty Shades Darker Blu-ray Review

The Amityville Horror Blu-ray Review

A Good Day To Die- Hoka Hey DVD Review

Protected: Shadow World writer Andrew Feinstein on political corruption and the arms trade

Director of The Land of the Enlightened on making his genre defying epic in Afghanistan

#EdFilmFest: Where is Kyra? Review

#EdFilmFest: Fragil Equilibrio (Delicate Balance) Review

#EdFilmFest Opening Night: God’s Own Country Review

Splice Festival Second Edition Preview

BFI Flare: Barry’s Report

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Una Mujer Fantastica review

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Final Portrait review

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Casting JonBenet

Win Pablo Larraín’s Neruda on Blu-ray

Win Hidden Figures on Blu-ray

Win The Goose Steps Out on Blu-ray

Win award winner Hacksaw Ridge on DVD