Santosh (15) |Close-Up Film Review
SANTOSH is a fascinating study of the caste system and corruption within the police in a rural part of Northern India.
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Author: Carlie Newman
Santosh (15) |Close-Up Film Review
American Dreamer (15) |Home Ents Review
University lecturer, Phil, has dreams: he hopes to be able to buy a real home rather than the apartment he rents near his college in Massachusetts.
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Twiggy (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
The film has interviews with models, actors, friends and others who know Twiggy personally or have written about her work.
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A Complete Unknown (15) |Close-Up Film Review
In an amazing performance, Timothée Chalamet gives a very special portrayal of Bob Dylan.
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Memoir of a Snail (15) |Close-Up Film Review
This gorgeous stop motion animated film was certainly one of my highlights of the London Film Festival 2024. The film brings together moments of pure joy mixed with intense sadness.
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Maria (12) |Close-Up Film Review
Everyone sees Angelina Jolie’s beauty, but not all acknowledge her acting ability.
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Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1088 Bruxelles (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Delphine Seyrig plays Jeanne Dielman) a widow who lives with her teenage son, Sylvain (Jan Decorte) at the address in Brussels, the title of the film.
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The Brutalist (15) |Close-Up Film Review
This is a magnificent film. It has already gained awards at many film festivals and has recently been honoured with Golden Globes.
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Vermiglio (15) |Close-Up Film Review
With realistic performances, lovely photography and sensitive direction, this story of a remote village called Vermiglio in the Italian Alps is small of scale, but large in impact.
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Emmanuelle (18) |Close-Up Film Review
A reinterpretation of the original, French film, famous for its sexy scenes which seemed exciting in 1974.
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