ALL OF US STRANGERS reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrew Haigh Stars: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy. Adam (Andrew Scott, from the queer themed Handsome Devil, etc) is a gay middle-aged screen writer who lives by himself in a high-rise apartment block in London, although the building itself seems almost deserted. He… Continue Reading »
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Luca Gaudagnino Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casa. Call Me By Your Name is a sensitive gay-themed coming of age story set in Crema, a sun-drenched rural part of Italy in the 1980s and it deals with themes of adolescence, obsession, desire, repressed sexuality, infatuation and identity.… Continue Reading »
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Francis Lee Stars: Josh O’Connor, Alec Secarneau, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones. Wuthering Heights meets Brokeback Mountain? Johnny Saxby (played by Josh O’Connor, from tv series Peaky Blinders, etc) is a sullen, morose young man who works on his family farm. Since his father Martin (Ian Hart) suffered a debilitating stroke… Continue Reading »