Cannes: Carol review
The Patricia Highsmith novel on which Carol was based was originally published under the title The Price of Salt. That director Todd Haynes and screenwriter Phyllis Nagy have chosen to use the later name for their adaptation should not suggest that this telling focuses solely on one character. This is the story of two women, entangled together in the centre … Read more
Cannes: The Sea of Trees review
Matthew McConaughey has been doing better than ever of late, with films such as Killer Joe, Dallas Buyers Club and television’s True Detective rightly winning him praise from critics and audiences alike. While this trend is bound to continue with Gus Van Sant’s latest, The Sea of Trees, McConaughey’s performance is the only thing in this patronising catastrophe that’s worthy … Read more
Cannes: Amy review
There is a complex and entirely unsettling issue at the heart of Asif Kapadia’s highly engrossing, thoroughly distressing new documentary, Amy, and it remains a genuine question as to whether or not this film is guilty of the very behaviour it accuses others of enacting. We saw much of Amy Winehouse‘s story play out in … Read more
Cannes: Irrational Man review
Unless Woody Allen is to live until a very old age indeed, he must currently be in the later part of his career as a filmmaker. Even still, he’s just premiered one of the most youthful and sprightly pictures of his entire body of work. Irrational Man is a highly entertaining thriller with laughs, or perhaps even a comedy with thrills. The … Read more