Over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a random accident reverberates through the lives of both the local Muslims and Western visitors to a house party in a grand villa.
Neither stinging enough as satire or impactful enough as earnest drama, The Forgiven falls uncomfortably between the two, running out of puff long before its trek across the desert is over.| Read in full: The Forgiven film review We Love Cinema
An anxiously moralist tale of crime and punishment, revenge and resolution, played out against a broad-strokes, culture-clash backdrop.The Guardian
McDonagh gives the rest of the talented cast precious little to do.Little White Lies
McDonagh’s fourth feature recaptures the moral seriousness of his second, 2014’s Calvary, following the genre-chic facetiousness of his misconceived War on Everyone.Sight and Sound
The director's alleged "final" movie is another heavy-handed revolt against modern Britain, but its optimism eventually wins through
Though it has its moments, James Mangold's bid to recapture the franchise magic mostly feels like an act of imitation over inspiration
Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman are brilliantly cast in Todd Haynes' acid-tongued take on the real life Mary Kay Letourneau
Writer-director Catherine Corsini helms an uneven drama about a woman who returns to Corsica with her two teenage daughters
Adam Solomons talks to the Ukrainian director about his Cannes hit and how even a non-political film can be bastardised by war
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
