Andrew Haigh
Is Andrew Haigh okay? Silly question: Of course he isn’t, he’s a filmmaker. An auteur,…
The 2023 Heartland International Film Festival has come to a close, but I’ve got one last report on some of the big titles that ended the festival.
In the latest report from LFF 2023, Paddy Wilson features vampires at Paul Mescal’s door and devils in David Dasmalchian’s studio – a divine combination if ever there was one.
A boy and a horse go on a contemplative trip through America’s backwater in Lean on Pete; festival showings have earned critical praise.
In Andrew Haigh’s Lean On Pete, a young boy bonds with a horse headed to a slaughterhouse, and is a great cinematic experience.
We continue to cover the multitude of films coming from London Film Festival, with reviews of among others, 1%, Lean on Pete and Good Manners.
Tomas Trussow reports from Toronto International Film Festival – he saw Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Miracle, and more!
45 Years is unquestionably well-written and well-acted, to such a high degree that is literally impossible to argue otherwise. To say that Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay give two of the most emotionally effective performances of their long and illustrious careers is equivalent to saying that the sky is blue and the world is round; it is so plainly obvious, arguing in its favour seems like a waste of time, as the greatness is clearly there for all to see. Emotionally engaging from the opening minutes On paper, the film feels like the opposite of director Andrew Haigh’s previous film Weekend; that film was about two men who meet and fall in love over the course of (you guessed it) a weekend, after a one night stand turns into something deeper.
