Kneecap, the fictionalized retelling of the titular band's rise, works as well as it does because the three unprofessional actors are so commanding; what they lack in acting finesse, they make up for with sparking energy, ferocity, and comic timing.
The drab, murky aesthetic and subdued mood of Starve Acre is a too-easy shortcut around an oppressive atmosphere without having anthing novel to say in a saturated genre.
The Convert, directed by acclaimed Kiwi director Lee Tamahori, shows a lot of the right instincts, but gets stuck in the usual traps of fiction about Indigenous history from a white perspective
Director (and former Call the Midwifestar) Emerald Fennell has announced that her next feature following her controversial film Saltburn will be a new adaptation of the Emily Bronte classic Wuthering Heights.
