KES (1969)
A working class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon, Kes.
BLACK MIRROR, 3.3 – ‘Shut Up and Dance’
[usr 5.0] There’s no trace of futuristic devices, iris implants, or dystopian societies in Shut Up And Dance; without a doubt the darkest, bleakest...
BLACK MIRROR, 3.1 – ‘Nosedive’
[usr 5.0] Audiences have been staring into Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror for five years, incredibly, but the Channel 4 anthology had only produced six...
ARRIVAL (LFF 2016)
An expert linguist is recruited by the US military to communicate with an alien race that have arrived on Earth in levitating spaceships...
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976)
An alien arrives on Earth and sets about creating enough wealth to allow him to finance a return to his own world.
13th (LFF 2016)
An in-depth look at the US prison system and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
BOJACK HORSEMAN – Season Three
[usr 5.0] It’s easy to scoff at the suggestion one of the best shows on Netflix is an animated comedy about an anthropomorphic horse....
BUSTER KEATON: THE COMPLETE SHORT FILMS (1917-1923)
[usr 5.0] Eureka Entertainment’s ‘Masters of Cinema’ release of Buster Keaton’s short films is important because Buster Keaton is important. To borrow from Orson...
GAME OF THRONES, 6.9 – ‘Battle of the Bastards’
[usr 5.0] In the thrilling penultimate episode of this sixth season, two mighty battles appear to indicate a sea-change in world affairs, with women...
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
[usr 5.0] In a Lonely Place is a film about Hollywood. But, more precisely, it’s a film about Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), a screenwriter...
THE AMERICANS, 4.8 – ‘The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears’
[usr 5.0] “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears”, this week’s episode of The Americans, ends with its own sleight of...
THE AMERICANS, 4.4 – ‘Chloramphenicol’
[usr 5.0] I’ll admit that I was initially reluctant when asked to cover The Americans for Frame Rated. It’s not that I’m not a big fan...