Given his awards season success so far, Joaquin Phoenix is obviously going to win the Best Actor Oscar tonight, and that is a real shame because I wanted Adam Driver to win.
My top ten cinema releases of 2019
December 30, 2019 by Leave a Comment
That’s it, guys! We have (almost) reached the end of 2019 so it is time for me to look back at the new releases I’ve seen this year and pick my favourites.
Noah Baumbach had never seen a script before he wrote one
December 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Noah Baumbach recently spoke about his filmmaking process as part of BAFTA’s Screenwriters’ Lecture Series and there were a lot of interesting nuggets to take away from the talk. Most of all, I found it particularly interesting that the Marriage Story director hadn’t ever seen a script until he wrote one and used to spend a lot of time tweaking the formatting to make his screenplays look the correct way.
Marriage Story: Film Review
November 12, 2019 by 4 Comments
I’m a big fan of Noah Baumbach films, as well as Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, so Marriage Story was the perfect combination for me and I’m pleased to report it really and truly delivers. Damn.
Top films for November
November 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s the start of November which means it’s once again time to look ahead to the cinema releases I’m most excited about. We’re being well and truly spoiled this bumper month!
What I saw during the 2019 London Film Festival
October 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The London Film Festival is over for another year! I didn’t get to see much at all – only 10 films due to my work schedule and annual leave – but as always, here’s a guide of the films I saw ranked in order.
What I saw at the 2019 Venice Film Festival
September 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Unless you have been living in a cave, you will know that I attended the 2019 Venice Film Festival in Italy last week. Sadly, I couldn’t afford to do the whole thing so I am now back in the UK and have finally caught up with my reviews.
Marriage Story: Venice Film Review
August 29, 2019 by 6 Comments
Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia
I’m a big fan of Noah Baumbach films, as well as Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, so Marriage Story was the perfect combination for me and I’m pleased to report it really, really delivers.
