@cynicalfilm.bsky.social
Film critic. Contributor to Scannain, Loud and Clear Reviews, HeadStuff, Next Best Picture, FILMHOUNDS, The 250 Podcast. Mutes without hesitation. Not always right, but never wrong.
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@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialThere’s that wee @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social introducing The Story of Documentary Film - The 1990s #LFF
@loudandclearrvs.bsky.socialReposted by @cynicalfilm.bsky.socialGabe Klinger’s ISABEL, about the acceptance of one’s imperfections in order to progress, will play well before a blanketed sofa & a chilled bottle of Sauvignon Blanc!
Read @cynicalfilm.bsky.social's review from the BFI London Film Festival! 🔥
loudandclearreviews.com/isabel-kling...
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialLike many a madman, Ken Russell was ahead of his time with THE DEVILS. Still wields the power to shock as a weapon against hypocrisy. Oliver Reed was the most manly of men.
My review from #LFF:
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialTHE FRIEND’S HOUSE IS HERE defies the jackboot of Iranian authorities to find joy, creativity, and a way out. Terrific.
My #LFF review:
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialElsinore? El-SNORE, amirite? Anyone? *clears throat* Suit yourselves. Andrew Scott slowly taking over from Aidan Gillen to become everyone’s favourite Irish actor with no ear for accents.
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialGone, I’m afraid, sorry
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialOne of the best films of #LFF, and of the year, is CAMERON WINTER AT CARNEGIE HALL. As he approaches the apex of his worship of Jonathan Demme, it is now self-evident that there is nothing Paul Thomas Anderson cannot do as a filmmaker.
My rave review for @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social:
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialI used to think embargoes were things countries puts on each other’s goods when they were in a bit of a snit. Anyway, this is pretty good when every character doesn’t sound like Aaron Sorkin. Sadly, they sound like that ALL THE GODDAMN TIME.
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialSaw this today at #LFF. Staggering in its ongoing capacity to shock. Reed and Redgrave lead a uniformly brave cast. Sets are immaculate. Russell was insane, and staggeringly ahead of his time. As a Protestant, I felt SO SEEN.
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialGod Moving Over The Face Of The Waters 🥲
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialI'm firmly in the nae camp on DIGGER, a two-hour shouting match that subverts its own attempts at satire with obnoxious hollering and pretentious filmmaking. Cruise tries to make it work while Iñárritu tries his audience's patience.
My @headstuff.bsky.social review: headstuff.org/entertainmen...
@cynicalfilm.bsky.social5 Favourite Irish Films The Dead Song of Granite The Quiet Girl Hunger The Committments
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialAll the women at this screening of WICKER are having way too much fun making up tweets about Alexander Skarsgård’s wood. 🪵
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialI did not dig it.
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialWhere was that? Never go there again.
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialCan you dig it? #NowWatching
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialMy @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social colleagues and I pick the hottest tickets for this years’ #LFF!
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialStudios weaponise spoiler aversion to stop critics evaluating a film thoroughly. It’s deceptive, and frankly perverse.
@cynicalfilm.bsky.socialMy cheers for Lamine Yamal’s goal did not go down well in this London pub.
