Just as good on a second viewing. Laughed and appreciated different things, less shocked by the surprises but they still made sense and still don't really understand the criticisms.
February 26, 2018 at 08:40PM26 February 2018
The Third Murder, 2017
Witholding a rating for this because I realised early on that I hadn't been paying attention and had no idea what was going on. I don't think it was a fault of the film because it certainly looked good and it sounded like everybody else got much more out of it.
Another one to catch up with when I have time to give it my full attention.
February 26, 2018 at 08:38PMGook, 2017 - ★★★★
I enjoyed this but finding it hard to pin point why. Possible the best use of the f word in a long time.
February 26, 2018 at 08:32PMNight of the Living Dead, 1968 - ★★★★
It's amazing how well this has aged and nearly impossible to comprehend how it was received in 1968.
February 26, 2018 at 08:29PMThat Good Night, 2017 - ★★★★
An emotional goodbye to John Hurt, introduced by his widow at a festival where he was patron made this a special screening of a fine film.
February 26, 2018 at 08:27PMTawai: A voice from the forest, 2017 - ★★★½
Lots of interesting things were covered and even though there's some beautiful cinematography it did feel like it would be better suited to a TV series.
Plus Q&A with Bruce Parry
February 26, 2018 at 08:17PMA Fantastic Woman, 2017 - ★★★½
A Fantastic Woman indeed but I kept hoping she'd get more to do. It felt like it was constantly building towards something but never got there although perhaps that was the point.
February 26, 2018 at 08:14PMA Monster Calls, 2016 - ★★★★★
Such a great film. Even though I knew what was coming, and the entire film shouts from the tree tops that there aren't always happy endings, it still completely got me.
I'd forgotten how beautiful the animated sequences were.
Introduction and Q&A with Lewis MacDougall
February 26, 2018 at 08:02PMSicilian Ghost Story, 2017 - ★★★½
It felt like I fell asleep 45 minutes before the end of the film and dreamt my own strange ending and I think I mean that as a compliment.
February 26, 2018 at 07:55PMHeartstone, 2016 - ★★★★
My highlight of #KeswickFilm festival, it's arguably too long but it get so much else just right. Fantastic performances, wonderful characters, a sincere honesty in the portrayal of developing feelings and relationships between friends, family and a small community.
Plus Søren Malling is always a bonus.
February 26, 2018 at 07:51PMDirections, 2017
I didn't get to see all of this but I liked what I did see and will try and get to see it in it's entirety again.
February 26, 2018 at 07:36PMLa Isla, 2016 - ★★★
Entertaining enough but felt like the differences between the island and cities could have been handled better.
February 26, 2018 at 07:33PM23 February 2018
Edie, 2017 - ★★★★
It’s hard to imagine a more suitable film to open the Keswick Film Festival. Very enjoyable and enriched by a large and appreciative audience.
February 23, 2018 at 09:44AMMy Keswick Film Festival 2018
All the films I saw at the 19th Keswick Festival.
Doubt I’ll have time to review these until after the festival.
February 23, 2018 at 09:38AM15 February 2018
Black Panther, 2018 - ★★★½
An ambitious but messy film that gets more right than wrong. Perhaps the biggest problem is the titular character isn't that interesting Fortunately just about every other character in the film is great with Letitia Wright and Andy Serkis really standing out for me.
The script and/or editing is where it gets messy, many points are made several times other and other things like the relationships between characters are barely mentioned. It might be that it has more depth than the usual MCU fare and require a bit more of your attention. I suspect it will work better on subsequent viewings.
The early action scenes felt like a great Bond film but the climatic battles were messy and uninteresting. It also suffers, like so many films recently, of having underpowered heroes defeating massively superior villains, although it does play with this idea a little. At least it's not something falling on a city.
February 14, 2018 at 11:03PM14 February 2018
11 February 2018
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962 - ★★★★
Watching this directly after finishing Feud made me admire the latter even more, I wonder if I should have rewatched the film first?
The film wasn't as good as I remembered or was I now just distracted by the knowledge from Feud? It's a strange mix of high and low quality , simplistic but complex, terrifying yet compassionate.
February 11, 2018 at 10:06AMBrakes, 2016 - ★★★
Fairly amusing and occasionally very funny but even under 90 minutes it feels like it drags with some stories working better than others. During the Q&A it was revealed that different people liked different parts and the director liked them all so it's hard to know what could be cut.
It was good enough to make me interested in what Mercedes Grower does next.
Q&A with director Mercedes Grower
February 11, 2018 at 09:54AM04 February 2018
Phantom Thread, 2017 - ★★★★
A strange film about strange people. It starts off as ordinary (and a little dull) as the trailer suggested but becomes quite compelling in the middle. I thought the ending was muddled but completely fantastic although I suspect many will hate the final moments.
I wish I hadn't known it shared something in common with two other films from last year but how strange that it did.
February 04, 2018 at 09:13PM01 February 2018
The Post, 2017 - ★★★
However much I enjoyed this it always felt it was lacking something special, especially considering who was involved in making it. It feels like a television film (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) especially considering how much of the cast come from other (great) TV shows.
January 31, 2018 at 10:30PM
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