Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Isabel Coixet Stars: Timothy Spall, Sarita Chadboury, Carmen Machi. Peter Riordan (the ubiquitous Timothy Spall) is a long time employee of the We Bank in Manchester. He is a lonely but kindly man who often goes out of his way to help people in need, which doesn’t sit well with his indifferent and lazy boss. Peter has grown disillusioned with the bank’s practices and its lack of compassion towards its longtime customers who may have defaulted on a loan through no fault of their own. When he is given early retirement he Continue reading
MRS LOWRY AND SON
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Adrian Noble Stars: Timothy Spall, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Morgan, Stephen Lord, Michael Keogh. There have been a lot of films and biopics about troubled and struggling artists and their creative process, including the likes of Basquiat, Pollock, and several films about Van Gogh including the dramas At Eternity's Gate and Lust For Life, etc. Mrs Lowry And Son is a slow moving, drab and cheerless drama is something of an acquired taste that will not appeal to everybody. “I’m a man who paints, nothing more, nothing less.” So Continue reading
THE PARTY
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sally Potter Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall, Cillian Murphy, Emily Mortimer, Cherry Jones, Bruno Ganz. Not to be confused with Blake Edwards’ hilarious slapstick Tatiesque comedy from 1968 that starred Peter Sellers as an accident prone Indian actor who ruins a swank Hollywood party, this black comedy and social satire comes from director Sally Potter. With films like Orlando and The Tango Lesson to her credit, Potter has long been a favourite on the art house and film festival circuit. But this may Continue reading
FINDING YOUR FEET
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Richard Loncraine Stars: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley, David Hayman, John Sessions, Josie Lawrence, Sian Thomas. Following its premiere as the closing night attraction at the 2017 British Film Festival, this formulaic and cliched bittersweet romcom gets a theatrical release. With its story of elderly Brits enjoying life and facing mortality, second chances and finding romance late in life, this is an endearing but flawed feel good film that will appeal to the same demographic Continue reading
