It’s not often that a major film studio would hand over a $10 million movie to a 19-year-old director fresh out of high school. Yet that is exactly what A24 have done with Backrooms, based on a YouTube series by director Kane Parsons. It seems to have paid off, as this intriguing, often uncomfortable cross-genre…
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Dumb Money
Something extraordinary happened at the height of the pandemic in America. A videogame store became the focus of Wall Street when its shares went through the roof, all generated by a mild-mannered blogger and YouTuber. Dumb Money is a story told most simplistically by the director of I, Tonya and a cast that does a…
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Director: Jonathan Butterell Starring: Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Richard E. Grant, Shobna Gulati, Sharon Horgan Written by: Tom MacRae, (based on the stage musical) Jonathan Butterell and Dan Gillespie Sells Running time: 117 mins Cert: 12 Release date 17th September 2021 There seems to be a cinematic musical resurgence. Already this year, we…
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