Ruth Negga is magnetic in Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s story of race in 1920s HarlemAt a glamorous party in 1920s Harlem, a young black woman and an older white man perch at the edge of a dancefloor. “Can you always tell the difference?” he asks…
Redemption of a Rogue review – dark Irish humour in a suicide denied
After killing his abusive father, a son is thwarted in his own death by Dad’s strange will and a biblical stormJimmy (Aaron Monaghan) wants to kill himself, but he keeps being interrupted. There are only so many grim jokes to be wrung from a noose, but…
Worth review – a moral maze for 9/11 victims’ lawyer
Michael Keaton plays an attorney, Stanley Tucci a widower fighting the system in a procedural drama based on a case brought by the bereaved of 9/11Michael Keaton’s attorney Ken Feinberg reminds his Georgetown college students that they’re studying law,…
Pig review – a low-key Nicolas Cage on the trail of a missing porker
Director Michael Sarnoski promises a revenge thriller but delivers something much quieter and more profoundA truffle-hunting pig has been kidnapped. Her grizzled owner, Rob (Nicolas Cage), abandons a quiet, off-grid life in the woods and sets out on a …
Coda review – the trials of a musical teenager in a non-hearing household
This year’s Sundance hit, about the daughter of deaf parents who dreams of becoming a singer, is undeniably feelgood, if a little formulaicWhen Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) sings, she gets a good feeling. Sorting through the daily catch aboard her family’…
Stillwater review – thoughtful Matt Damon vehicle hiding inside an action thriller
Damon plays a man trying to extricate his daughter from the French penal system, with help from Call My Agent!’s Camille CottinConstruction worker Bill (Matt Damon) travels from Oklahoma to Marseille to visit his twentysomething daughter Allison (Abiga…