The only sure things in this life are: birth, death and taxes. Two out of the three have been the subject of numerous documentaries but never really death. In Island, Steve Eastwood, tackles what is…
The Children’s Act is a slow and somewhat passive look at the breakdown of a marriage told from the point of view, I use that term loosely, of a female judge who must decide which…
The Escape shows what happens when a mother decides to walk away from her family in an attempt to save herself. The problem is whilst the film is beautifully shot with a tour de force performance…
Summer 1993 is a brave and blistering debut from writer/director Carla Simon. It literally starts with a bang where we watch Frida, our young protagonist watch the Fireworks explode into the night sky before she…
I was lucky enough to be invited to watch the award winning Sunset Contract at its BIFA screening. It is an inventive adaptation of the genie story that most of us will know from Aladdin.…
