‘Benediction’ review: Jack Lowden delivers a magnificent performance in the latest from Terence Davies

Handsomely designed and lavishly shot, Benediction, the latest film from writer and director Terence Davies (A Quiet Passion, Deep Blue Sea) is a feast of wanting. There’s an immediate old fashioned flare to the film, which boasts textured production and…

‘Fighting with My Family’ Review: A Wrestling Comedy that Doesn’t Pull Punches | Sundance 2019

Paige and her brother Zak (Florence Pugh and Jack Lowden) want nothing more than to be professional wrestlers, to be whisked away from their small town in England and into the throes of Wrestlemania in America. They were born into…

Movie Review: Dunkirk

Christopher Nolan’s name arouses a special kind of attention, not only among cinephiles but, crucially, for once-a-year film-goers as well, an audience majority whose decision to go see a film relies on a movie’s buzz and word of mouth. At this…

Interview: Jason Connery, Jack Lowden and Ophelia Lovibond for “Tommy’s Honour”

You may have not heard of Tommy Morris, but he was an influential person when it came to the development of golf and its eventual evolution. His family is the first family of golf with their innovations and dedication to…

TV Review – War and Peace (2016) | A great melodrama, a mediocre adapation

This past Christmas, I received an opulent Folio Society edition of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace from my father. I spent the next month setting out on what fans of the novel refer to as “The Long March.” Even at…