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Glass
16 Jan 2019
Well-acted but flawed and self-congratulatory trilogy closer from M Night Shyamalan
In 2017, M Night Shyamalan's comeback hit Split turned out to be a sequel in psycho-thriller disguise to 2000's Unbreakable, a film that pre-empted the superhero movie revival. Now, this most divisive of directors returns to claim his dues…
London Unplugged
14 Jan 2019
City living is at the heart of an admirable if uneven anthology film, featuring Juliet Stevenson
Bringing together several new filmmakers, working alongside film schools, East London community film hub Four Corners and frontline organisations including the Refugee Journalist Project and Migrant Resource Centre, the low budget London Unplugged…
The Raft
14 Jan 2019
Santiago Genovés's notorious Acali experiment is the focus of an insightful documentary
In his candid, complex 2010 documentary Regretters, Swedish director Marcus Lindeen staged a black box theatre-style meeting between two men as they reflected regretfully on experiences with gender reassignment surgery. For his latest, Lindeen navigates…
Monsters and Men
14 Jan 2019
Reinaldo Marcus Green reflects on race and conscience in modern America for his charged debut
In Monsters and Men an unarmed black man is shot dead by the police. It is a tale all-too familiar in modern America. Making a very promising debut after a string of award-winning shorts and television work, Reinaldo Marcus Green takes the killing as a…
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
14 Jan 2019
Debut director RaMell Ross's intimate and unconventional documentary is powerfully immersive
Burrowing deep into the heart and soul of the American south, Hale County This Morning, This Evening is not a documentary in the traditional sense. Instead of talking heads or contextual commentary, filmmaker RaMell Ross instead presents a series of…