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13th (LFF 2016)
An in-depth look at the US prison system and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.
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A UNITED KINGDOM (LFF 2016)
Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s.
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HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.8 – ‘You Are Not Safe’
I wish Ryan (Manish Dayal) had been written with more nuance, as his suicide didn’t land a big enough punch as a result of his one-dimensional personality. That’s not to say it was a total failure, thankfully, because it was easy to feel sorry for poor Ryan throughout “You Are Not Safe”, as he was…
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SWISS ARMY MAN (2016)
A suicidal man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body that washes ashore, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
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WAR ON EVERYONE (2016)
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico start blackmailing and framing criminals they run into, but make the mistake of intimidating someone more dangerous than they are.
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (2016)
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that complicates her life in some extraordinary ways…
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WESTWORLD, 1.1 – ‘The Original’
Updating Westworld (the 1973 movie Michael Crichton wrote and directed) is a great idea because enough time’s passed for a different approach to the concept of a futuristic theme park where the robot inhabitants break their programming and put the human clientele in danger. It’s an evergreen idea (Crichton basically switched robots for dinosaurs when…
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6 to See this OCTOBER
What new movies and television shows are most deserving of your attention this month? Our editor, Dan Owen, selects his top six choices for UK audiences…
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HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.7 – ‘The Threshold’
The firmament really started to shift and shake in “The Threshold”, an episode where characters either literally or figuratively crossed a barrier and found there was no turning back. Cameron (Mackenzie Davis) and Tom (Mark O’Brien) moved into their new California home as man and wife, with the traditional lifting of the bride over the…
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10 Books To Read Before They’re Movies
There are lots of great movies in development right now, or close to being released, but if you want to get the drop on your friends… here are 10 excellent books coming to a cinema near you soon…
