Land: a film of two exiles from society finding friendship and healing
Robin Wright, “Land” (2021) For her directorial debut, US actor Robin Wright chose to do
Tag: Hollywood Films
British Films | North American Films
The Courier: a film of personal growth and suffering and of friendship transcending politics and ideology
Dominic Cooke, “The Courier” (2020) The story of Greville Wynne, a most unlikely character ever
How is This the World: finding authenticity in virtual reality versus real world addiction and escapism
Sadie Rogers, “How is This the World” (2019) Starting out almost as a gritty film
My Salinger Year: a small-scaled film that never leaves its comfort zone
Philippe Falardeau, “My Salinger Year” (2020) A film about finding your own voice and creative
Some Like It Hot: a cheerful screwball satire about the search for love and security
Billy Wilder, “Some Like It Hot” (1959) Astonishingly this classic Hollywood slapstick comedy still holds
Check Please: awkward romantic situation comedy with unattractive characters
Daniel Sorochkin, “Check Please” (2015) A man, Ben (Bryan Manley Davis), takes his girlfriend Laura
Trunk Space: familiar and predictable story and plot elements redeemed by good performances
Max Silver, “Trunk Space” (2016) As surely as the sun rises in the east, birds
Chappaquiddick: character study deprived of its wider historical background and significance
John Curran, “Chappaquiddick” (2017) A thoughtful and well-acted film, as the metonym title suggests, this
Eve: choosing between freedom, compassion and responsibility makes an android more human than humans
Josh Bowman, “Eve” (2019) A character-driven sci-fi story with good acting and a strong visual
Satori [Awakening]: post-apocalypse film very much asleep under character stereotypes and a boring plot
Adam K Batchelor, “Satori [Awakening]” (2020) An original and ambitious idea of an Earth re-engineered