Our take on the films we see in London
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Seen with Graham at The Garden Cinema on 1 August 2026 Coup 53 is a powerful documentary by the Iranian film-maker Taghi Amirani which shows how the events of 1953 have shaped the recent history of Iran, including the current conflict. Mohammed Mosaddegh was a popular leader whom the then Shah of Iran made prime […]
Seen at ArtHouse Crouch End with Graham, David, Barbara and Janice on 20 July 2026 The Invite opens with grumpy middle-aged Joe (Seth Rogen) leaving his job as a music teacher in San Francisco and cycling home to find his stay-at-home wife Angela (Olivia Wilde, who also directed) preparing an elaborate buffet for their upstairs […]
Seen at Curzon Victoria on 2 July 2026 Apparently, director Steven Spielberg has long been interested in aliens and, in Disclosure Day, he brings these ideas into film. Colin Firth (Noah Scanlon) heads Wardex, a deep state organisation charged with guarding information about aliens. But Wardex cybersecurity expert Dr Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor) and colleague […]
Seen at PictureHouse Crouch End on 22 June with Sumiko, David, Barbara and Janice Justine Waddell and director Tina Gharavi have adapted this novel about a young woman’s search for education and equality, set in Edwardian London. Katharine Hilbery (Haley Bennett) is passionate about astronomy and wants to go to Cambridge to study mathematics. Her […]
Seen at Curzon Mayfair on 14 June 2026 Written and directed by Peter Glanz, Savage House is a black comedy set in 18thcentury England about the downfall of the impoverished, yet decadent, aristocrat Sir Chauncey Savage (Richard E. Grant). He has acquired his high status through marrying his wife, Lady Savage (Claire Foy), but has […]
Seen at Curzon Bloomsbury on 4 June 2026 Directed by Steven Soderbergh, The Christophers is an unusual black comedy about the world of contemporary art – and it was nice to see it just a couple of weeks before the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy! Sir Ian McKellen plays Julian Sklar, once a famous […]
Seen with Janice, David and Sumiko on 12 May 2026 Seeing the title of The Sheep Detectives (directed by Kyle Balda), I wondered if it was in the Shaun the Sheep genre. George Hardy (Hugh Jackman) is a devoted shepherd who reads bedtime detective stories to his flock. But they are not just sheep – […]
The cast and crew of Blondi at the London Comedy Film Festival (Lexie on the far right of the picture) Seen with Dominic at The Ritzy, Brixton on 9 May 2026 Blondi was Hitler’s German Shepherd dog and this short film, directed by Jack Salvadori and based on a short story by Peter Greenaway, depicts […]
Seen with Graham at Curzon Bloomsbury on 1 May 2026 So, this was Mark Kermode’s film of the year so far, which means I was keen to see it! Mark Jenkin, the Cornish filmmaker, wrote and directed this and used 16mm film and added dialogue and ambient sound after (I have no idea what that […]
La Grazia Seen with Barbara, Sumiko and David at ArtHouse Crouch End on 6 April 2026 Having seen the trailer, I was expecting La Grazia to be a film about the pros and cons of euthanasia, given it shows Italian President Mariano De Santis (Toni Servillo) hesitating to sign the necessary paperwork. But there is […]
