THREE STARS A businessman has plans for Phoenicia if he can raise the cash. Others would rather he didn't, they'd rather him dead. ADVENTURE COMEDY US English #THEPHOENICIANSCHEME Starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapelton Wes Anderson’s THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME is exactly what you expect from the idiosyncratic director: a finely crafted, exquisitely styled confection that dazzles the eye but doesn’t always satisfy the appetite. Like an elaborate wedding cake - rich with intric

TWO AND A HALF STARS A petty criminal is unable to shake off the enduring pull of his first love. DRAMA FRANCE French #BEATINGHEARTS Starring François Civil, Adele Exarchopoulos Gilles Lellouche ’s BEATING HEARTS ( L’Amour Ouf ) is an ambitious and often chaotic modern romantic epic, aiming for operatic grandeur but landing somewhere closer to melodramatic excess. With a sweeping narrative that spans decades, the film aims for passion and tragedy but its emotional reach far

THREE STARS A farming couple rip up their fences and put their trust in nature. DOCUMENTARY UK English #WILDING Starring Isabella Tree, Matthew Collyer Around twenty years ago, Isabella Tree and her husband took the unusual decision of letting their property go to 'ruin'. Unusual because it was several hundred acres of agricultural land not terribly far from London, Knepp Hall was a stately pile that had been in the family for generations and most of all, unusual because pos

THREE STARS A UK couple are made homeless and decide to walk the Cornish coast to clear their heads. DRAMA UK English #THESALTPATH Starring Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaccs Director Marianne Elliott, best known for her theatre work, makes her feature debut with THE SALT PATH, an adaptation of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir. It’s a handsome, if uneven, drama that has a crack at balancing hardship, resilience and nature’s healing power. The results are mixed. “Walking gives us

FOUR STARS Chaos runs rampant in the kitchen of a New York restaurant. DRAMA US Spanish & English #LACOCINA Starring Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara Directed with considerable nerve by relative newcomer Alonso Ruizpalacios, LA COCINA is a frenetic exploration of the chaos, camaraderie, and class tensions simmering beneath the surface of a busy New York restaurant kitchen. Think of it as a cipher for modern America with all its inequity, anger, aggression and aspiration. Inspired b

THREE AND A HALF STARS The life and times of French crooner Charles Aznavour is given the biopic treatment. PERIOD DRAMA FRANCE French #MONSIEURAZNAVOUR Starring Mehdi Idir, Marie-Julie Baup The latest off the biopic production line is the story of French crooner, Charles Aznavour. A protege of Edith Piaf and pin-up boy of the 1960’s, he became one of the country’s most respected and adored singers.  MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR is clearly a passion-project for the writing-directing pa