Turkish family broken apart – Wild Pear Tree review
Comparing any film maker to Andrei Tarkovsky always seems like very risky business. The Russian director is considered to be…
Flyin’ High in Familiar Territory – Creed II review
The follow-up to Ryan Coogler’s surprisingly masterful Creed also holds the title in being the eighth instalment of the Rocky…
Telemarketers, where do they come from anyway? – Sorry to Bother You review
We have all been there, doing our daily routines, relaxing until suddenly, we get a ring from an unknown number.…
Cinecity: ‘A Hard Row to Toe’ – Beautiful Boy review
Felix van Groeningen’s adaptation of David and Nicolas Sheff’s respective autobiographies is a powerful tale of a young man stagnated…
A Christmas Treat – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms review
Disney’s take on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King from 1816 is a spellbinding fusion of magic, mystery and classical music,…
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald review
The wizarding world returns with the sequel to the spinoff based off a textbook for the 8-film long series based…
Cinecity: Shrödinger’s Ballerina – Girl review
CineCity and Duke of York’s Picturehouse provided us with the opportunity to see Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl’ before its general release…
Cinecity – Birds of Passage review
The team behind Embrace of the Serpent has returned with a new work which employs western and gangster film genres…
Salem Witch trials retold – Assassination Nation review
Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation plays a dangerous game of using the language it also satirises. Levinson’s film is a stylistically…
CINECITY – Shoplifters Review
Fresh from winning the Palme D’or at Cannes, Hirokazu Koreeda’s Manbiki kazoku (or ‘Shoplifters’) arrived at Brighton’s CINECITY Film Festival…
CINECITY This Woman’s Work
This Woman’s Work is a series of short films from female directors, produced in the last twelve months. The event…
Brighton Cinecity: South East Stories Review
The early 19th Century Holy Trinity Church – since 1996 the home of one of Brighton’s leading contemporary arts organisations…
Widows – Inheriting crime
Steve Mcqueen’s latest film is a bold move from slow-burn dramas with a strolling pace into the department of fast…
CINECITY – Legendary director’s experiment fails: The Image Book
The French New Wave adored video essays as the form of expression. Video essays were the form of expression adored…
Remakes and Reimaginings: Suspiria (2018)
Suspiria is a surprising and radical reimagining of Dario Argento’s 1977 film. The story is centred around Susie Bannion (Jessica…
The Hate U Give: Tackling Systemic Racism
Angie Thomas’ debut novel, The Hate U Give, has recently been brought onto the big-screen, with the powerful and politically…
CINECITY Opening Night: The Favourite
I did not always believe in the magic of cinema. Sitting in one of a thousand identical cinemas, looking at…
Peterloo – Has Mike Leigh Finally Met His Waterloo?
Mike Leigh’s Peterloo hit cinemas nationwide on November 2nd and Duke of York’s Picturehouse bestowed us with the pleasure of…
Tarkovsky’s sci-fi classic comes back to the big screen
Picturehouse’s ‘Spaced’ season screened Tarkovsky’s much revered Solaris. Beautifully shot, the film begs to be enjoyed on the big screen…
Revisiting Steve McQueen’s cinematic world
Steve McQueen is a member of the rare species of those established gallery-based artists that made a successful transition to…