Billed as Robert Redford’s final film before retirement, The Old Man and the Gun centres on the true story of 70 year-old bank robber Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford). After escaping from San Quentin, he performed […]
Pity Review: LIFF 2018
Pretending to cry is almost impossible, but for the sullen-faced protagonist of Babis Makridis’ exercise in absurdist dark comedy Pity, crocodile tears are everything. Pity tells the story of a lawyer, played by the stern […]
Colette Review: LIFF 2018
As apprehensive as I was to sit through a 2-hour biopic on French literature, Leeds-born director Wash Westmoreland’s newest Sundance pick-up Colette proved to be one of the ones to watch this upcoming awards season […]
The Kindergarten Teacher Review: LIFF 2018
Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a gentle kindergarten teacher who takes an evening class in poetry, though she lacks natural skill. When she stumbles upon the outstanding poeticism of five-year-old Jimmy (Parker Sevak), an unremarkable […]
Night on Earth Review: LIFF 2018
Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth, first premiered in 1991, is simple in its premise: it follows five taxi drivers, in five different cities, over one night. Despite this simplicity, Jarmusch’s film is an engaging character study, with […]
All Good Review: LIFF 2018
When we say ‘I’m fine’, we usually mean the exact opposite, but we say it anyway because we want to protect ourselves from revisiting the pain or from transferring it to another person. The internalisation […]
Behind the scenes at Leeds International Film Festival 2017
Holly Radford tells Arts what it’s like working at one of Leeds’ biggest and most exciting creative events. The Leeds Independent Film Festival is a celebration of all things film, allowing for new and undiscovered […]
La stoffa dei sogni at LIFF: shaking up Shakespeare
As part of Leeds International Film Festival, Gianfranco Cabiddu’s creative adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest was shown to fans and students alike – Arts writer Emma Prentice discusses it’s merits. As part of Leeds International Film Festival, […]
Carnival Messiah: Proof that We Need Art
Following her summer of research, investigating why this explosion of culture and vision is so important, Anna May tells us more about Carnival Messiah preceeding its showing tomorrow at West Yorkshire Playhouse. When I applied to do […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 roundup
For the past two weeks Leeds International Film Festival has taken over cinema screens in Leeds, delivering the very best in new British and foreign films to the masses. With a programme comprised of over […]
From 2001 to Interstellar: What do our views of the extra-terrestrial say about us?
In the recent hype around the release of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, many have noted the film’s obvious links to Kubrick’s widely renowned masterpiece of the genre, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Along with many Leeds-based film […]
Benedict Cumberbatch is rightly tipped for Oscar glory for his potrayal of genius Alan Turing
Image: Black Bear Pictures A witty, poignant and powerful film, The Imitation Game handles its subject manner brilliantly, giving the viewer a look in to one of the true geniuses in British history: Mathematician and […]