Film Reviews
Musanna Ahmed attended this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest and reviews some of the highlights: Minding the Gap, McQueen, and more.
Rooted by clever dialogue and personable actresses, Dick Sisters is an endearingly quirky short film.
Far from running out of steam as the the silver screen’s likable misfit of the 2000s, Action Point shows the veteran stuntman and actor Johnny Knoxville at the top of his game.
Doubtful proves to be an intelligent, intimate, and potent first feature for Israelian director Eliran Elya.
Despite the wickedly talented cast and the generous dash of futuristic flair, Hotel Artemis disappoints with its rushed storytelling to an overabundance of thinly written characters.
As the 2018 World Cup quickly approaches, The Workers Cup serves as an uncomfortable reminder of the humanity behind one of the world’s most beloved sporting spectacles.
2007’s The Lookout boasts a talented cast, and manages to be fun while maintaining suspense – it’s a hidden gem that’s worth discovering.
With Jeune Femme, writer/director Léonor Sérraille has captured a painfully realistic story – with an unforgettable performance at the centre.
Despite its ambition and occasional impressive visual flourish, Monochrome is wrecked by its slow pace, poor writing and dull, unconvincing characters.
Upgrade a gleefully nasty film that relies on a unique mixture of futuristic beautiful landscapes and old-school grindhouse fun.
It’s received a fair amount of negative response for its allegiance to the cinematic canon, but The Yellow Birds is more than the sum of other films’ parts and makes for a worthwhile adventure.
Director Isabel Coixet tries to adapt The Bookshop’s source material in its entirety – and it feels incoherent told as a narrative feature.
Afghan Cycles is a true and authentic journey, filled with moments of pure happiness and heartbreaking sadness.
In Darkness could have been an exciting thriller with a complex, well-written female protagonist but it instead ends up being a convoluted and messy misfire.
With a barely comprehensible plot and mind-numbing jokes, Show Dogs is a film which feels like a labour to sit through despite its fairly short run-time.