Sundance Film Festival: London Picturehouse Central, London June 2nd-5th, 2016 by Joanna Orland After 2015’s hiatus, Sundance London returned to the capital city with a new venue and a handful of new films on display for the public.  The new location of Picturehouse Central has made a huge improvement on both location and space, located […]

The Intervention Directed by Clea DuVall Starring Melanie Lynskey, Cobie Smulders, Clea DuVall, Natasha Lyonne, Ben Schwartz, Vincent Piazza, Jason Ritter and Alia Shawkat by Joanna Orland The Intervention will understandbly find itself in endless comparisons with 1980’s film The Big Chill as the film focuses on a group of thirty-something couples who embark on a […]

Green Room Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Starring Patrick Stewart, Imogen Poots, Anton Yelchin and Alia Shawkat by Joanna Orland Green Room is a perfect follow up to Blue Ruin, heightening the stakes, tension and gore of director Jeremy Saulnier’s first film. Two years after Blue Ruin, Saulnier returns to the big screen with a darker, bleaker […]

Directed by Sebastián Silva Starring Sebastián Silva, Kristen Wiig, Tunde Adebimpe and Alia Shawkat by Joanna Orland You should know better than to expect a straightforward story when director Sebastián Silva is at the helm.  The director of Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and Magic Magic has created Nasty Baby, which on the surface […]

  Raindance Film Festival is a celebration of independent cinema.  The 2014 edition took place September 24th – October 5th in London’s Vue Piccadilly theatre.  Many feature and short films were showcased, with much of the talent on hand for Q&A sessions and networking.  We managed to see a few of the films – our […]

Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine Starring Lawrence Michael Levine, Sophia Takal, Alia Shawkat, Annie Parisse, Kevin Corrigan and Jason Ritter by Joanna Orland Noah and Barri are a Brooklynite couple suspicious of their elderly neighbour’s death in this screwball comedy which also features an amazing ensemble cast of supporting characters. Rather than solve the troubles […]