Film Reviews
Our coverage of the 2020 Sheffield Doc/Fest’s continues with reviews of Shut Up Sona, The Go-Go’s and Bitter Butter.
The plot is predictable but Rowland’s keen direction and Murtagh’s poignant script raises The Shadow of Violence well above your average crime drama.
With well-observed writing and phenomenal performances, Saint Frances is a revelatory character study that is equally funny and radical.
Fluctuating between the brilliant and the unremarkable, the filmmaker’s body of work is a sensitive seesaw, ready to shift its weight at any given moment.
Director Franco Rosso’s film Babylon is a hidden gem when it comes to authentic explorations of institutional racism and the immigrant experience.
The Trial is one film that fell through the cracks and achieved some notoriety, but it’s also a tragedy that there were many more that were ignored.
Part documentary, part staged, and full of heart, this love letter to the five boroughs of New York City is an enjoyable, chaotic watch.
A forgettable military and horror thriller, Tom Paton’s Black Ops has all of the best intentions but fails to hit most of them.
As society becomes twisted and distorted in our actual lives, The Halt from director Lav Diaz now feels like a prophetic tale.
Personal Problems focuses on Black humanity in all of its highs and lows, hopes and fears, mistakes, and triumphs.
Colour Me Brown is a personal, self-reflective conversation on one’s race and the associated complications of being different.
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is comforting, emotive, overwhelming at times, and always worth the time spent giving it your full attention.
Impetigore is a film of slowly unfolding horror, with every aspect designed to fill you with dread and sorrow.
Disappearance at Clifton Hill is at-times intriguing and often stylish, marred by its cliched insistence on making the audience question the authenticity.
Despite great moments of tension and a solid Joseph Gordon-Levitt performance, 7500 is a film of unfulfilled potential.