Brian and Charles
By Paul Weissman June 17, 2022
An odd, very dry British comedy, takes a while to rev up.
An odd, very dry British comedy, takes a while to rev up.
A British period drama that subverts the polite conventions of the genre with its frank depiction of sex.
Director Oliver Hermanus offers a fresh take on a noted work by placing its story line in a different cultural context, where it holds up handily.
In this captivating sequel, we are treated again to actress Honor Swinton Byrne as British film student Julie and her mother, Tilda Swinton, playing her onscreen mother.
Like its titular horse, this sports movie, starring Toni Collette, has a good amount of spirit.
On a sparsely populated island off the northwest coast of Scotland, a group of refugees wait for approval of their asylum requests.
Francis Lee, director of the acclaimed God’s Own Country, has made another same-sex love story, though set in the more remote, sorrowful reaches of muddy old England.
Gemma Arterton cuts a formidable figure as a grouchy, misanthropic writer who just wants to be left alone.
With distinctive black-and-white cinematography, masterful tracking shots, and an incredible ability to capture dancing bodies, Beats makes us feel as though we too are at the rave.