!!!On The Screen Reviews

I love a good music documentary, where we delve into the drama behind the scenes, the motivations behind the artist and enjoy the fruits of their artistic talents. ‘Amy’ left us enraged; ‘Whitney’ was...

You have to love a great drawing room play, and don’t the English know how to write one. Put a rich array of characters into a room, shake it up, and then watch them...

There is nothing better than a dinner party with a set menu: cake, champagne and politics. Sally Potter's latest innovation is seventy-one minutes of quirky and pertinent fun. English political realities are twisted into...

Love is love. This is the ultimate message of A Fantastic Woman, a beautiful narrative film, written and directed by Sebastian Lelio, which explores themes of acceptance, survival, empathy and resilience of the spirit. It...

“If you place an object in a museum does that make this object a piece of art?” In the opening scene of Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning film, playboy protagonist-slash-contemporary art curator Christian, is being...

And neither did John Lennon... although it’s where this oddly-titled film is set. It’s odd, as it suggests a romantic comedy, but this movie is anything but. It’s based on a book which tells...

In what Wikipedia informs me is the fourth adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, the 2017 incarnation passes the OCD-baton to Kenneth Branagh to take a turn as arguably history’s greatest...

Molly Bloom has nothing to do with the James Joyce character, but more to do with the convicted criminal who once ran a red hot poker game, but is no less colourful. This Molly...

We start in FIRE – flames burn bright – and we are met with a girl of fire-red hair… Harsh flames surround a girl in the midst of a daring and dangerous, adventurous escape… And the...

Premiering at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival, writer/director Carine Tardieu’s new movie Just To Be Sure is a tale of familial and romantic love, dreams, hopes, secrets and lies. When lonely 45-year-old widower and...