Wildfire is a capably handled and powerful feature debut from Cathy Brady, featuring two standout turns from Nora-Jane Noone and the late Nika McGuigan.
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Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls! review – women-led, historically rooted tale of desire and freedom
The 1970 Hungarian film is finally released in the UK.
What Almost Famous has to say about celebrity and fan cultures
Two decades later and Almost Famous still has a lot to say.
Seberg director Benedict Andrews on Kristen Stewart, the surveillance state, fake news and ’60s fashion
The Black Panthers, ’60s fashion, the Hollywood machine and the FBI all mesh in this political thriller.
It’s a mad, mad Marx world – Fury Road and Althusser’s Marxist state
What does a Marxist analysis reveal about one of this decade’s defining films?
The Two Popes review – uncynical Papal politics
The Two Popes is a pleasant film of old age tackling change, executed with a caring charm.
“The line between reality and the story started blurring”: an interview with Robert the Bruce’s cast and director.
Angus Macfadyen wants this film to inspire Scottish independence.
Tater Tot & Patton – a moving tale of connection that side-steps cliché with grace
Andrew Kightlinger’s award-winning indie gem is a golden story of hardship, contrast and family.
Michael Socha on the modern relevance of Papillon, remembering French penal colonies, and prison reform
Michael Socha stars alongside Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek in this adaptation of Papillon
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot review – darkly comic biopic that only sometimes hits the mark
Joaquin Phoenix plays a paralysed alcoholic cartoonist, but it’s funnier than it sounds.