REVIEW: Tesla (2020)
Tesla is sort of like the curse of the monkey’s paw. You say that you want someone to finally make a totally unconventional biopic, and then one finger on the monkey’s paw curls. A common criticism of biopics is that they often come across as…
REVIEW: The Truth (2020)
Japanese film director Hirokazu Kore-eda has been working steadily since the early 1990s and is internationally critically-acclaimed. He is a particular favourite of the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Jury Prize in 2013 for Like Father, Like Son and the Palme d’Or in 2018 for…
REVIEW: The Kid (2019)
Directed by Vincent D’onofrio (Daredevil and Full Metal Jacket ring a bell?), The Kid is a western drama focusing on the real-life figures of the infamous Billy The Kid (Dane DeHann) and Pat Garrett (Ethan Hawke). Interwoven between accounts of their encounter, Rio Culter (Jake…
2019 Independent Spirit Awards Winners
Audrey Plaza hosted the 34th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards where Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk was the night’s big winner, taking home 3 awards for Best Director, Best Support Actress, and the biggest award of the evening, Best Feature. JumpCut favourite Richard…
‘The Favourite’ & ‘Roma’ Win Big At The London Critics’ Circle Awards
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite took home four awards from the London Critics’ Circle Awards this weekend, including Best British/Irish Film of the Year, and Best Actress and Support Actress. The dark comedy began the night with 10 nominations. Roma and Beast both took home two awards each, with Alfonso…
The 2019 Critic’s Choice Awards: Full List And Winners
The 24th Annual Critic’s Choice Awards presented their awards Sunday night to categories across the film and television platforms. Viola Davis presented the #SeeHer Award to Claire Foy (The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Crown, First Man), an award given to women who persistently…
The Odyssey Awards 2018: Nominations Announcement
Over the past few weeks our team, partners, and friends have been voting their butts off for the 2018 Odyssey Awards. It’s been nail-bitingly close the whole process, but now we’re excited to finally share with you our nominations! We included a few new categories this…
REVIEW: Blaze (2018)
Blaze plays out like a hardy poem come to life, as much a devastating musical as a beautiful portrait of love and tragedy. But it’s a love story of so many little corners of life, mostly the ones that defined, inspired, and befuddled underground country musician…
The Headliners & Hidden Gems At The 62nd BFI London Film Festival
Yesterday saw the announcement of the full line-up of films for the 62nd BFI London Film Festival (LFF), and boy is there a ton to get your teeth stuck into! But this year we have even more reason to be excited as JUMPCUT will attending…
REVIEW: First Reformed (2018)
In Paul Schrader’s ‘First Reformed,’ we are greeted with a heavy despair and loss of faith through another venture in character study as told through the general perspective of Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke). The screenwriter behind Martin Scorsese’s critically acclaimed ‘Taxi Driver,’ with a…
First Trailer for Paul Schrader’s ‘First Reformed’ Released
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCF5Y8dQpR4&w=560&h=315] “A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.” Directed by: Paul Schrader Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric Kyles Release Date: May 18th,…
Watch This Space: August 28th – September 3rd
This week we’re excited to re-launch our weekly feature – Watch This Space. Every Monday we will be recommending films that are on TV that week, films playing at the cinema, and also remind you of those brilliant films hiding on streaming services, such as…
REVIEW: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Well, it’s difficult to know where to start with this one. I am a fan of the director – I loved ‘Leon’ and ‘The Fifth Element’ and I have managed to avoid his more poorly received offerings (I’m looking at you, ‘Lucy’). I haven’t read…
