Episodes

  • Review: Radical

    Review: Radical
    Oct 2 2024
    Radical is a Mexican film based on real-life, following in the footsteps of To Sir With Love, Dead Poet’s Society and Dangerous minds. An inexperienced teacher arrives at a poverty-stricken school and turns its fortunes round. A world-wide favourite, it was the most popular film at last year’s Sundance Festival.
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    6 mins
  • Review: The Wild Robot

    Review: The Wild Robot
    Oct 2 2024
    The Wild Robot is a heart-warming family film from Dreamworks Animation (Puss In Boots). A robot crashes on a desert island and takes on a job it’s not programmed for – mother to a baby gosling. Voice talent includes Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Mark Hamill and Catherine O’Hara. Directed by Chris Sanders (How To Train Your Dragon).
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    6 mins
  • Review: Megalopolis

    Review: Megalopolis
    Oct 2 2024
    Megalopolis is Francis Ford Coppola’s multi-million dollar art film - about art, politics and the future. It stars Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman and Aubrey Plaza. It’s big, it’s serious, but is there anything in there?
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    7 mins
  • Size isn't everything

    Size isn't everything
    Oct 2 2024
    Simon Morris weighs up the relative size of big empty spectacle and smaller stories with gripping characters. Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is as spectacular as its name, but what’s it about? The Wild Robot is a surprisingly engaging tale of an abandoned appliance looking for a purpose. And Radical is the real-life story of a first-time teacher in a last-chance Mexican school.
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    23 mins
  • Trend or coincidence?

    Trend or coincidence?
    Sep 25 2024
    Simon Morris sees plenty of things in common among this week’s films – horror, middle-aged women, French directors - in The Substance, Iris and the Men and Never Let Go. Is it a reflection of the times we live in, or completely random? In other words, is it a trend or just a coincidence?
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    23 mins
  • Review: Iris and the Men

    Review: Iris and the Men
    Sep 25 2024
    Iris and the Men sees French favourite Laure Calamy (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) return in a hit from the recent French Film Festival. When her husband seems to ignore her, Iris has an answer – a dating app for dissatisfied marrieds. Suddenly it’s raining men! Written and directed by Antoinette’s Caroline Vignal.
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    5 mins
  • Review: Never Let Go

    Review: Never Let Go
    Sep 25 2024
    Never Let Go is set in a dystopian future where a mother (Halle Berry) and her two young sons are under threat from a mysterious entity in the woods. Their only protection are the ropes attached to their cabin. Directed by Alexandre Aja (Crawl).
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    6 mins
  • Review: The Substance

    Review: The Substance
    Sep 25 2024
    The Substance is a Cannes Film Festival winner, starring Demi Moore as an aging film-star who takes a potion that turns her into a younger version. But youth comes at a horrifying price. Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat.
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    7 mins