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Scrapper is a British comedy-drama that won the Dramatic Competition of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It serves a more light-hearted take on the kitchen sink drama. Georgie (Lola Campbell) is a 12-year-old girl who has been living alone after her mother’s passing. She makes ends meet by stealing bikes and selling them to a local […]
The Falling was a drama written and directed by Carol Morley and notable for giving many young British actors their first major roles. Lydia (Maisie Williams) and Abigail (Florence Pugh) are best friends and attend an all-girls school in 1960s England. Abigail is more sexually experienced, leading her to become pregnant. When a tragedy strikes the […]
Aftersun is a coming-of-age drama from Charlotte Wells, serving as her feature film debut. Calum and Sophie Paterson (Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio) are father and daughter who go on a holiday to Turkey. Whilst on holiday the pair bond, but also have issues due to Sophie befriending a group of teenagers, and Calum battling his personal demons. Aftersun has been considered one of the […]
His House is a British horror film that has been met with critical acclaim, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and earned two BIFA awards. Bol (Sope Dirisu) and Rial (Wunmi Mosaku) are refugees from South Sudan who get asylum in the UK. They are given a house on the outskirts of London, but they struggle […]
It’s that time of year again for festive films old and new. One of the big cinematic Christmas films of the year is Boxing Day, the first British Christmas film with a predominately black cast. Melvin McKenzie (Aml Ameen) is an author who fled to America after his parents announced their divorce on Boxing Day two years […]
The Awakening was an old-fashioned chiller. Released in 2011 it was an atmospheric horror flick. The First World War and Great Influenza Epidemic has caused millions of deaths. By 1921 people in England have started to believe in the supernatural. Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall) is a rational sceptic and sets out to disprove the existence of ghosts. Robert Mallory […]
Judy Garland was known as one of the greatest Hollywood starlets of her generation but died at the age of 47. The biopic, based on the play End of the Rainbow, looks at her final months. The year is 1968 and Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) has fallen on hard times. She’s broke, homeless, and forced to perform […]
Laurie and Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos of the 20th century, making 106 films together. Their final days as professionals is explored in the biopic Stan & Ollie. In 1953 Stan Laurie (Steve Coogan) and Ollie Hardy (John C. Reilly) embark on a music hall tour of the UK and Ireland with […]