Jason Korsner

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot – Review

26th October 201825th November 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Gus Van Sant – FEATURING: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Beth Ditto, Carrie Brownstein, Jack Black, Kim Gordon, Mark Webber, Ronnie Adrian, Rooney Mara, Tony Greenhand, Udo Kier [click for more...]

Utøya July 22 – Review

26th October 201816th November 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Erik Poppe – FEATURING: Andrea Berntzen, Ada Otilde Eide, Aleksander Holmen, Brede Fristad, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, Ingeborg Enes Kjevik, Jenny Svennevig, Magnus Moen, Sorosh Sadat [click for more...]

Bohemian Rhapsody – Review

24th October 201819th December 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Bryan Singer – FEATURING: Rami Malek, Aaron McCusker, Ace Bhatti, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Ben Hardy, Dermot Murphy, Dickie Beau, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazello, Lucy Boynton, Max Bennett, Meneka Das, Mike Myers, Tom Hollander [click for more...]

The Hate U Give – Review

22nd October 20184th November 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: George Tillman Jr – FEATURING: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Algee Smith, Anthony Mackie, Common, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, Lamar Johnson, Sabrina Carpenter [click for more...]

London Film Festival Awards are as topical as a news bulletin

20th October 201821st October 2018Jason Korsner

A film about the sex-trafficking of African women in Vienna has won the top prize at the London film festival. There were also [click for more...]

First Man – Review

12th October 201827th December 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Damien Chazelle – FEATURING: Ryan Gosling, Ciarán Hinds, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Shea Whigham [click for more...]

Head of LFF 2018 tells us What’s Worth Seeing

6th October 20184th November 2018Jason Korsner

The pre Awards Season festival season is well under way, with Venice and Toronto behind us, Raindance coming to an end and the [click for more...]

Returning film-makers put a Hex on Raindance

3rd October 20183rd October 2018Jason Korsner

Six years ago, a blood-soaked, low-budget, independent film called Dark Hearts, directed by Rudolf Buitendach and written and produced by Christian Piers Betley, [click for more...]

A Star Is Born – Review

3rd October 201827th December 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Bradley Cooper – FEATURING: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Anthony Ramos, Dave Chappelle, Greg Grunberg, Michael Harney, Rafi Gavron, Sam Elliott [click for more...]

Danny Boyle replaced as Bond director by Cary Fukunaga

20th September 201820th September 2018Jason Korsner

The producers of James Bond have hired the American director Cary Joji Fukunaga to replace Danny Boyle as the direct or of the [click for more...]

A good night for British talent at the biggest night for American TV

18th September 201820th September 2018Jason Korsner

Many of the top prizes on the biggest night for American TV have gone to British stars, with the two most prestigious acting [click for more...]

Toronto win boosts Oscar hopes of Peter Farrelly’s Green Book

17th September 201817th September 2018Jason Korsner

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in Peter Farrelly’s Green Book Peter Farrelly’s dramatic comedy buddy movie Green Book has won the audience [click for more...]

King of Thieves – Review

14th September 201827th December 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: James Marsh – FEATURING: Jim Broadbent, Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay, Ann Akin, Charlie Cox, Claire Lichie, Francesca Annis, Michael Gambon, Paul Whitehouse [click for more...]

Alfonso Cuarón wins top prize at Venice for Mexican film Roma

8th September 201816th September 2018Jason Korsner

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival The director of one of the biggest films [click for more...]

American Animals – Review

7th September 201826th October 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Bart Layton – FEATURING: Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Evan Peters, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, Betty Jean Gooch, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, Gary Basaraba, Jane McNeill, Lara Grice, Spencer Reinhard, Udo Kier, Warren Lipka, Wayne Duvall, Whitney Goin [click for more...]

Academy delays introduction of “popular” film Oscar

6th September 20189th September 2018Jason Korsner

After a mixed response to its recent announcement that it plans to introduce a new Oscar to recognise achievement in what’s been described [click for more...]

Searching – Review

31st August 201811th October 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Aneesh Chaganty – FEATURING: Debra Messing, John Cho, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Sara Sohn [click for more...]

Half of LFF Competition Films Directed by Women

30th August 2018Jason Korsner

The BFI has announced the shortlist for this year’s Star of London award for Best Film at this year’s London Film Festival. Alice [click for more...]

BLACKkKLANSMAN – Review

24th August 201827th December 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Spike Lee – FEATURING: Adam Driver, John David Washington, Topher Grace, Alec Baldwin, Ashlie Atkinson, Damaris Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Jasper Pääkkönen, Laura Harrier, Michael Buscemi, Paul Walter Hauser, Robert John Burke, Ryan Eggold [click for more...]

The Children Act – Review

24th August 20189th October 2018Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Richard Eyre – FEATURING: Emma Thompson, Fionn Whitehead, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Calf, Ben Chaplin, Des McAleer, Eileen Walsh, Jason Watkins, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rosie Cavaliero, Rupert Vansittart [click for more...]

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