FALL 2: DEADPOINT Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Michael and Peter SpierigStars: Harriet Slater, Arsema Thomas, Tom Britteny, Virginia Gardner.The taut and vertiginous 2022 thriller Fall, about two girls trapped atop a tower 2000 feet above the ground, didn’t really need a sequel. But here we have one anyway courtesy of Australian film making siblings Michael and Peter Spierig, whose 2014 breakthrough …
FINDING EMILY
FINDING EMILY Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Alicia MacDonaldStars: Angourie Rice, Spike Fearn, Minnie Driver, Sadie Soverall, Jack Riddiford, Isabella Laughland, Fiona Allen, Prasanna Puwanarajah.When Owen met Emily? Desperately seeking Emily?This is a charming and enjoyable British romantic comedy that works as a variation on the 80s classic When Harry Met Sally. This is the kind of thing that the …
FUZE
FUZE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: David MackenzieStars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Sam Worthington, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Saffron Hocking, Alexander Arnold, Honor Swinton Byrne, Luke Mably, Iain Fletcher, Samuel Oatley.A construction crew working in London uncover an unexploded WWII bomb. An army specialist bomb squad led by Major Will Tranter (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is called in to defuse it. A …
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jim JarmuschStars: Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat.The title basically says all you need to know about this latest film from auteur Jim Jarmusch, his fourteenth feature. The film is an exploration of family dynamics and the complex relationship between parents and …
FACKHAM HALL
FACKHAM HALL Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jim O'HanlonStars: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe, Damian Lewis, Katherine Waterston, Emma Laird, Tom Felton, Jason Done, Jimmy Carr, Tim Goodman-Hill, Hayley Mills, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sue Johnston, Tim McMullan, Lee Boardman, Charlie Rawes, Lily Knight, Adam Woodward, Nathan Hall, Erin Austen, Lizzie Hopley, Paula Wharton.England 1931. The period between …
FAMILIAR TOUCH
FAMILIAR TOUCH Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Sarah FreidlandStars: Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle, Andy McQueen, H Jon Benjamin.We’ve had a number of films dealing with aging people struggling with dementia – amongst them are the 2006 drama Away From Her, starring Julie Christie; Florian Zeller’s 2022 drama The Father, for which Anthony Hopkins earned his second Oscar, and Michael Haneke’s bleak …
