Top 10 Films of 2019
2019 may have had many problems, but cinema wasn’t one. The decade closed with a banner year for movies, so much so that our 11-20 list in any other year…
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Director: Marielle Heller Writers: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster Cast: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Tammy Blanchard Producers: Youree Henley, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub Music:…
The Irishman
Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Steve Zaillian (screenplay), Charles Brandt (book) Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Graham, Ray Romano, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin, Welker White,…
Bad Education
Director: Cory Finley Writer: Mike Makowsky Cast: Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Geraldine Viswanathan, Ray Ramano, Annaleigh Ashford, Jimmy Tatro Producers: Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Julia Lebedev, Mike Makowsky, Oren Moverman,…
Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind
Director: Ursula Meier Writer: Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud Cast: Fanny Ardant, Kacey Mottet-Klein, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey Cert: 15 (TBC) Running time: 70mins Year: 2017 What’s the story: A high school student…
The Old Man and the Gun
Director: David Lowery Writer: David Lowery (script), David Grann (The New Yorker article) Cast: Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Tom Waits, Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, Elisabeth Moss Cert: 12…
Entebbe (2018)
Director: José Padilha Writer: Gregory Burke Cast: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Lior Ashkenazi, Denis Ménochet, Nonso Anozie Cert: 15 Running time: 107mins Year: 2018 What’s the story: In…
Tears and Laughter: Movie Reviews
Tears and Laughter: Women in Japanese Melodrama runs until Wednesday 29th November at the BFI Southbank. For more information and to book tickets, click here. To read an interview with…
My Friend Dahmer
Director: Marc Meyers Writer: Marc Meyers Cast: Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts Cert: 18 (TBC) Running time: 107mins Year: 2017 What’s the story: Ohio, 1978. High…
Battle of the Sexes
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Writer: Simon Beaufoy Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman, Austin Stowell, Bill Pullman, Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Alan Cumming, Chip Chinery, Jessica McNamee Cert:…