Tag: Author: Lizzi Sandell

Review

HUSTLERS

Post author By Lizzi Sandell
Post date 15 September 2019

Hustlers (Lorene Scafaria, 2019), STX Entertainment, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 110 minutes, Destiny (Constance Wu), Romana (Jennifer Lopez)

Jennifer Lopez is revelatory in a lovingly directed film that has an impenetrable force-field of feminine intimacy

Tags Author: Lizzi Sandell, Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Lorene Scafaria

Review

DISOBEDIENCE

Post author By Lizzi Sandell
Post date 24 December 2018

Disobedience (Sebastián Lelio, 2017), Curzon Artificial Eye, UK / Ireland / USA, 114 minutes, Esti Kuperman (Rachel McAdams) & Dovid Kuperman (Alessandro Nivola)

A somewhat flaccid romantic drama about forbidden love

Tags Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser, Author: Lizzi Sandell, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Sebastián Lelio

Review

LADY BIRD

Post author By Lizzi Sandell
Post date 11 November 2017

Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017), Universal Pictures International , USA, DCP, 94 minutes, Lady Bird McPherson (Saoirse Ronan)

A soaring reinvention of its genre and a poignant exploration of home

Tags Author: Lizzi Sandell, Greta Gerwig, Laurie Metcalf, Saoirse Ronan