WORTH A LOOK?: *****
OUT in the UK: 12/1/18
There’s a moment in this film when we burst into tears and that’s not something that we often do at the cinema, especially these days.
WORTH A LOOK?: **
OUT: now
This film is shortlisted for three Golden Globes tonight (7/1) and, of those, its most likely victory is in the Best Song category.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 1/9, released 1/9
Yorkshire sheep farmer Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) is binge drinking and having one night stands when he’s not keeping the farm running for his ill father.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 28/3, film released in the UK 7/4
‘Straight in, no messing,’ jokes Rogue One: A Star Wars Story actor Riz Ahmed as the first question the audience asks is his thoughts on Brexit.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 16/3
This year is the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in private in England and Wales between adult males.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
OUT IN THE UK: 17/2
The audience at the BFI preview screening we’re in bursts into a spontaneous round of applause at the end of this film but we were left wondering whether Moonlight is as good as the plaudits it has received.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
OUT IN THE UK: 10/2
WHERE: National Theatre
WHEN: 8/2
Leads Denzel Washington and Viola Davis won Tonys in 2010 for their roles in August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play and the film, also directed by Washington, is up for four Oscars this month.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
UK RELEASE: 27/1
One can’t help but feel for actor Ewen Bremner who played the lead in the stage version of the original Trainspotting but was replaced by Ewan McGregor for the film.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT IN THE UK: 17/2
When NASA chief Kevin Costner takes a baseball bat to a sign saying ‘Colored washroom’ at its US headquarters it’s a giddy, shooting-to-the-stars moment for the audience.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
Writer/director Damien Chazelle’s last film Whiplash, the story of a jazz drummer and his abusive instructor, won three Oscars.
