

I SWEAR
THREE AND A HALF STARS John Davidson has Tourette's. Everyone thinks he's inappropriate and swears too much. DRAMA UK English #ISWEAR Starring Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake Kirk Jones (WAKING NED DEVINE ) is no stranger to sentiment, and I SWEAR is no exception. Based on the true story of John Davidson, a Scotsman diagnosed as a teenager with Tourette syndrome, it’s a film with heart, humour and a fair amount of grit. If it doesn’t quite stick the landing, it certainly at lea
Colin Fraser
3 hours ago


PRIME MINISTER
THREE AND A HALF STARS A fly-on-the-wall documentary about Jacinda Ardern's five years in New Zealand's highest office. DOCUMENTARY NEW ZEALAND English #PRIMEMINISTER Starring Jacinda Ardern What makes PRIME MINISTER so compelling isn’t its access, though there’s plenty of that, but its perspective. And kindness. That gets mentioned a lot. Directors Lindsay Ute and Michelle Walshe have crafted a documentary that’s as unprecedented as Jacinda Ardern’s own political journey, o
Colin Fraser
3 days ago


HAPPYEND
THREE STARS Japanese students take politics into their own hands when surveillance technology arrives at their high school. DRAMA JAPAN Japanese #HAPPYEND Starring Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka Neo Sora’s feature debut HAPPYEND unfolds in a recognisable near-future Japan where teenage restlessness rubs awkwardly against an increasingly watchful society. It opens with a clutch of high-school friends on the brink of graduation, bored, cheeky - they sneak their way into a tech
Colin Fraser
Oct 28


BUGONIA
THREE STARS The CEO of a major firm is kidnapped by conspiracy-theorists convinced she's an evil alien. COMEDY-DRAMA US English #BUGONIA Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons Yorgos Lanthimos is not content to deliver easy entertainment. His work includes THE FAVOURITE and POOR THINGS and is always off-beat, funny, vicious, surreal or absurd (usually all at once). As it is with BUGONIA in which two conspiracy-driven loners abduct a high-powered CEO because they believe she i
Colin Fraser
Oct 23


TWINLESS
THREE AND A HALF STARS Two men bond at a therapy session for grieving twins. Not all is as it seems. COMEDY-DRAMA US English #TWINLESS Starring Dylan O'Brien, James Sweeney James Sweeney’s sly, dark comedy opens at a funeral, with Roman (MAZERUNNER's Dylan O’Brien) and his mother receiving mourners after the death of his gay twin brother, Rocky (also O’Brien). It’s an awkward affair as the grieving line up to offer condolences only to burst into tears when they come face to
Colin Fraser
Oct 21


NT LIVE: MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION
FOUR STARS Mrs Warren has come to stay with her daughter as history and emotion overwhelm them both. PERIOD DRAMA UK English #MRSWARREN Starring Imelda Staunton, Bessie Carter "Women have to feel a great deal that they don't feel!" When George Bernard Shaw wrote MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION in the 1890s, he knew exactly what he was doing - shaking the establishment and forcing polite society to look at itself. It was so incendiary that the play wasn’t publicly performed until 192
Colin Fraser
Oct 21


















