Their Finest

A British film crew attempts to boost morale during the Second World War by making a light hearted propaganda film about Dunkirk in Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest. Films about making films are always interesting to unpack because the art of film-making is all about telling a story so making a film about telling a story immediately…

The Girl With All the Gifts

It’s time for another dystopian zombie filled future in Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All The Gifts. On the surface it may feel like there’s no room for yet another dystopian society where zombies outnumber human beings but this film does prove that there is mileage in the idea. It’s fairly common for films set…

On the Silver Screen – The Voices

Marjane Satrapi’s The Voices casts Ryan Reynolds as a mentally disturbed factory worker who takes things a little too far and causes the death of women that he works with. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Ryan Reynolds in anything but I’ve always found him to be a really engaging leading man who seems…