Reviews – July/August 2021

29/06/2021 | Reform

Creator of the Moomins

ToveDirected by Zaida BergrothCertificate 12, 103 minutesReleased 9 July

The Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson is best known as the creator of the Moomins, a friendly family of trolls who live in Moominvalley, who … Read More

Reviews – June 2021

28/05/2021 | Reform

A girl in both ports

After LoveDirected by Aleem KhanCertificate 12a, 89 minutesReleased in cinemas 4 June

The South Coast. Mary (Joanna Scanlan) is married to Ahmed (Nasser Memarzia), a ferry captain who regularly travels to France and back in … Read More

Reviews – May 2021

23/04/2021 | Reform

Where are we now?

ApplesDirected by Christos NikouCertificate 12a, 91 minutesReleased 07 May on Curzon Home Cinema,17th May in cinemas

A film whose time has unexpectedly come. People are suddenly losing their memories in a pandemic. A man (Aris Servetalis) … Read More

Reviews – April 2021

26/03/2021 | Reform

Spiritual wickedness

The DissidentDirected by Bryan FogelCertificate 12 (Amazon advisory), 119 minutesReleased on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Ireland from 1 April 2021

On 2 October 2018, the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in … Read More

Reviews – March 2021

01/03/2021 | Reform

Punk biopic

Poly Styrene: I am a clichéDirected by Celeste Bell and Paul SngCertificate 12a, 96 minutesReleased 5 March at www.modernfilms.comViewers can select a participating local cinema to share the revenue of the virtual box office

This documentary about the … Read More

Reviews – February 2021

29/01/2021 | Reform

Not such a harmless prank

AssassinsDirected by Ryan WhiteCertificate 12, 104 minutesReleased 29 January, online

In 2017, Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia briefly became headline news when Kim Jong-nam, half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was … Read More