Sundance Film Festival London Picturehouse Central May 31st – June 3rd, 2018 by Joanna Orland The Sundance Film Festival once again brought highlights from its Utah lineup to London. Sundance London 2018 presented twelve feature films including London’s Audience Favourite award winner Eighth Grade, directed by Bo Burnham. Other highlights included Debra Granik’s Leave No […]

First Reformed Directed by Paul Schrader Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, and Cedric Kyles by Joanna Orland A demanding film to say the least, days after watching First Reformed, I am still unsure of how I feel about it. While I certainly didn’t outright enjoy watching it, or particularly like it, I immensely respect many […]

First Reformed Directed by Paul Schrader Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, and Cedric Kyles by Joanna Orland Ethan Hawke was in London on Friday to promote his latest film First Reformed. Directed by Paul Schrader, First Reformed is a complex existential thriller which follows a priest, played by Hawke, who undergoes a crisis of faith […]

The new trailer for Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has landed! The film stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne, with Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke and Rihanna – coming to UK cinemas in Summer 2017. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the new adventure film from Luc Besson, the […]

Maggie’s Plan Directed by Rebecca Miller Starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader, Maya Rudoloph and Julianne Moore by Joanna Orland Greta Gerwig can often be seen playing a certain type of character, fraught with self-imposed drama going through one personal crisis after another.  Maggie is a more mature version of Gerwig’s quintessential character, a […]

La Biennale di Venezia August 27th – September 6th, 2014 Venice, Italy by Joanna Orland & Ruth Thomson The Venice Film Festival once again took place on the city’s Lido with an array of films and talent on display.  With programming director Alberto Barbera returning for his second consecutive year, the festival which is organized […]

Cymbeline Directed by Michael Almereyda Starring Dakota Johnson, Ethan Hawke, Milla Jovovich, Anton Yelchin, Penn Badgley, Ed Harris, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Spencer Treat Clark and Delroy Lindo by Joanna Orland Like much of the great writer’s work, Cymbeline, one of William Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, has been adapted into a film and modernized for […]

Directed by Richard Linklater Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke & Lorelei Linklater In Cinemas July 11th, 2014 by Joanna Orland Boyhood is more than a film, it is an experience.  This film is like no other in its affectivity.  It is an emotional journey to see Ellar Coltrane grow from boy to man […]