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Darren Tilby
- Aug 13, 2019
- 2 min
The Lost Films of Bloody Nora short film review
★★★★★ Directed by: #SophiaDiMartino Written by: #SophiaDiMartino Starring: #SophiaDiMartino, #MarkHeap, #JaneMarney Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Sophia Di Martino’s #directorialdebut is an experience akin to a fever dream, minus the appalling illness and the possibility of projectile vomiting, of course. It’s intense and confusing, downright bizarre, and at times, frightening. A difficult film to categorise, but with inflexions of #horror and fairytale whimsy, The Lost Films
Darren Tilby
- Jul 22, 2019
- 2 min
Soundtrack to Sixteen film review
★★★★ Directed by: #HillaryShakespeare Written by: #AnnaElizabethShakespeare, #HillaryShakespeare Starring: #ScarlettMarshall, #JamesCalloway Film Review by: #DarrenTilby The ineffable charm of Hillary Shakespeare’s coming-of-age movie is undoubtedly its greatest strength. Brought about by some fine writing, superb central performances and a thumping soundtrack; Soundtrack to Sixteen is bound to elicit a strong emotional response from anyone who grew up in the UK in the last 2
Darren Tilby
- Jun 15, 2019
- 2 min
Kobe short film review
★★★★ Directed by: #ArUgas Written by: #ArUgas Starring: #MathiasAndre, #DominicThompson, #TeeMorris Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Can you remember what it was like to be young? I can. Life seemed so simple then. Like we had a world of opportunity laid out before us. And in many ways, we did. But things aren’t that simple for the #youth of today, and anyone claiming that young people have never had it easier, need to think again. It’s fair to say that almost no one’s life turns
Darren Tilby
- Jun 11, 2019
- 2 min
Too Darn Hot short film review
★★★★ Directed by: #LiamHead, #MargueriteDuPlessis Starring: #LiamHead, #CourtneyFisher, #MargueriteDuPlessis Film Review by: #DarrenTilby I’ll come straight out and say it: I don’t like #musicals. I just don’t. I don’t dislike a film with song or dance in it, but full-blown #musicals...I just can’t get into them. But with Too Darn Hot, I kind of found myself ‘getting into it’, and I have no idea why. Perhaps it’s because of the beautifully lit visuals, or perhaps it’s because
Darren Tilby
- Jun 10, 2019
- 2 min
Rush short film review
★★★ Directed by: #AdamBrashaw Written by: #AdamBrashaw Starring: #AdamBrashaw, #MichaelWilson, #ChaseArmitage Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Even big-budget Hollywood movies don’t come much more action-packed than Rush. From beginning to end, Adam Brashaw’s 10-minute long action flick is adrenaline-filled, but immaculately controlled, carnage. And, whilst the film has its share of problems, if you’re craving that boost of excitement that can only come from watching people jumpi
Darren Tilby
- Jun 8, 2019
- 3 min
Desires of the Heart review
★★★★★ Directed by: #JamesKicklighter Written by: #SolilaParida, #JohnHowbrook, #MarkEzraStokes, #JamesKicklighter, #Prasanna #KPati Starring: #ValLauren, #AliciaMinshew Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Desires of the Heart blends tradition and Indian #mysticism with the contemporary as it explores true love, in this utterly gorgeous, supernaturally inflected mystery-romance from writer/director James Kicklighter. For Dr Kris Sharma, life in Savannah, Georgia, couldn’t be further
Darren Tilby
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
We'll Test it on Humans indie film review
★★★★ Directed by: #BrianGianci, #ChrisShenkle Written by: #BrianGianci, #ChrisShenkle Starring: #BrianGianci, #ChrisShenkle, #CourtneyDesman Film Review by: #DarrenTilby This messy and tonally confused feature-length movie from the minds of Brian Gianci and Chris Shenkle struggles to find its niche as it toes-the-line between #comedy, #absurdity and obsession. But while messy it may be, what's left as the end credits roll is an unquestionably enjoyable and entertaining romp t
Darren Tilby
- May 25, 2019
- 2 min
The Chair to Everywhere review
★★ Directed by: #MolSmith Written by: #MolSmith Starring: #SeanBotha, #PollyTregear Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Mol Smith’s latest offering is an 83-minute long science-fiction film centred around the idea of simulation theory. This underlying premise is an intriguing one, and the film isn’t short of ambition. But ultimately (and unfortunately) The Chair to Everywhere suffers from sub-par writing, unremarkable characters and a muddled narrative. A father (Sean Botha) and his
Darren Tilby
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
The Nephew (Le Neveu) short film review
★★★★★ Directed by: #WilhelmKuhn Written by: #WilhelmKuhn Starring: #SimonRoyer, #MarieStéphaneCattaneo Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Wilhelm Kuhn's short film, The Nephew (Le Neveu), is a French-noir drama, full of cynicism and moral ambiguity; classic noir ingredients. A film which takes the coming-of-age genre and turns it on its head. Set in 1945, it sees a young man’s adolescent innocence and naivety pitted against the uncaring and coldly harsh nature of the adult world; i
Darren Tilby
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Stolen Vision - Counterfeit Medicine in Iraqi Kurdistan
★★★★ Directed by: #DaleMcEwan Written by: #DaleMcEwan Starring: #DaleMcEwan Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Dale McEwan's #documentary details the devastating consequences of counterfeit medicine in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Specifically counterfeit Avastin, which blinded a number of patients in 2013. The problem here is that Iraq’s devolved governments are tasked with sourcing their own medical supplies (amongst other things) on quite a tight budget and often try to do so a
Darren Tilby
- Apr 10, 2019
- 2 min
Kaleidoscope short film review
★★★★ Directed by: #NicolePott Written by: #StutiNair Starring: #HarryTayler, #IanVirgo, #CressidaCooper Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Nicole Pott perfectly picks apart the dynamics of domestic violence in her short film, Kaleidoscope. Told from the point-of-view of one of the 130,000 children in the UK who live in households with high-risk domestic abuse. 7-year old Conan (Harry Tayler) is excited about his birthday. He's even more excited when his fun-loving Papa (Ian Virgo)
Darren Tilby
- Apr 3, 2019
- 2 min
Lost Angelas film review
★★★★ Directed by: #WilliamWayne Written by: #WilliamWayne, #JenZias Starring: #KorrinaRico, #WilliamWayne, #JonJacobs Film Review by: #DarrenTilby The seedy and drug-fuelled world of #Hollywood’s male-dominated film industry is masterfully probed in William Wayne’s #psychological #thriller, Lost Angelas. A real mystery of a film which strives (and succeeds) to purposefully mislead and confuse its audience in order to create a discussion, rather than deliver a clear-cut ending
Darren Tilby
- Mar 29, 2019
- 2 min
The Date short film review
★★★★ Directed by: #AlessioCappelletti Written by: #KrisSalvi Starring: #MarybethPaul, #MichaelGonza, #DamienChinappi Film Review by: #DarrenTilby As The Date begins, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was a tale of lonely hearts; of sadness, but ultimately, of warmth and togetherness. But you’d be wrong, dead wrong. Instead, Alessio Cappelletti’s short film (a mere 9-minutes in length) is an intelligent and thought-provoking socially charged #thriller, whose finale penetrate
Darren Tilby
- Mar 25, 2019
- 2 min
Beers of Joy documentary film review
★★★★ Directed by: #DavidSwift, #ScottOwen Written by: #DavidSwift, #ScottOwen Starring: #RyanDaley, #JoeVogelbacher, #SeanZPaxton, #TonyaCornett Film Review by: #DarrenTilby #HomerSimpson famously said, “...alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” That was Homer’s loving tribute to his favourite drink...beer. And Beers of Joy is David Swift and Scott Owen’s own tribute to the nectar of life. A riff on the well-known phrase, ‘tears of joy’, Swift and Ow
Darren Tilby
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
Respect 101 short film review
★★★★★ Directed by: #MassimilianoSappa Written by: #MassimilianoSappa Starring: #CalebAlloway, #ConradLeBron, #PeterMcAllum Film Review by: #DarrenTilby #Australian films are known for their unique humour and wit: they’re often dark in atmosphere, and at times, even cruel in manner. It’s a fairly common motif. One only needs to look at #GregMcLean's #WolfCreek films to know what I mean. And whilst there’s nothing that’s anywhere near as gruesome or bizarre as that in #Massimil
Darren Tilby
- Mar 17, 2019
- 3 min
The Reverend's Secret Mission documentary review
★★★ Directed by: #PWilliamGrimm Written by: #PWilliamGrimm Starring: #IanButton (narrator) Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Born in Hendon, 1909, to Colin and Ida Hession. Brian’s childhood, at least, was less than remarkable. But by his untimely death in 1961, Hession would go on to work on several Hollywood productions, butt heads with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and become a trailblazer for #cancerawareness. So why has this impressive legacy largely faded into obscurity? Wel
Darren Tilby
- Mar 14, 2019
- 5 min
Alien film review
★★★★★ Directed by: #RidleyScott Written by: #DanOBannon, #RonaldShusett Starring: #SigourneyWeaver, #TomSkerritt, #JohnHurt, #VeronicaCartwright, #HarryDeanStanton, #IanHolm, #YaphetKotto Film Review by: #DarrenTilby ****SPOILER ALERT**** The 1970s were a genre-defining decade for #horror movies. Ground-breaking movies like #TheExorcist, #TheTexasChainsawMassacre, #Halloween, #TheWickerMan and #Suspiria all debuted over the 10-year period and revolutionised the #horror-movie
Darren Tilby
- Mar 2, 2019
- 2 min
Struck film review
★★★★ Directed by: #AlexanderMiloBischof, #MichaelCouvaras Written by: #AlexanderMiloBischof Starring: #ChristopherForan, #ConnorMayes, #DaisyMontgomery, #OliviaRose, #WillSutcliffe, #AyviannaSnow Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Struck is a remarkable character-driven story whose narrative gradually comes together from recorded footage and subtly revealing dialogue sequences. Themes of #homosexuality, #miscommunication and the complexities of #friendship run through this expertly
Darren Tilby
- Feb 28, 2019
- 3 min
The Old Dark House review
★★★★ Directed by: #JamesWhale Written by: #JBPriestley, #BennWLevy, #RCSherriff Starring: #BorisKarloff, #MelvynDouglas, #CharlesLaughton, #GloriaStuart, #LilianBond Film Review by: #DarrenTilby It's easy for us, now, to look down upon films like The Old Dark House. The relatively poor production design, overly dramatic editing, sound design and acting, can all be seen as products of a bygone era. But the influence these films have had, and continue to have, on modern cinema
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