Name: Fanny lye Deliver’d (18) | Close-Up Film Review
Rating: 5

Fanny lye Deliver’d (18) | Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman July 21, 2020

I first saw Fanny lye Deliver’d at the LFF in October 2019 and was impressed. Seeing it...

Relic (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Relic (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Colin Dibben January 7, 2021

A haunted house horror film that packs a powerful emotional punch, Relic explores the familial love that...

Director Matthew Warchus’s award winning stage production of Matilda the Musical has been packing ‘em in since it opened in 2010. So not surprisingly the producers behind the film version have decided to put that too into Warchus’s skilled hands.

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Carol Allen February 6, 2023

Director Matthew Warchus’s award winning stage production of Matilda the Musical has been packing ‘em in since it opened...

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Colin Dibben January 22, 2024

A lean and simple tale of revenge and patriotism gets cranked up massively by a great cast...

Raw and powerful, these five German films created amidst the rubble of Berlin at the end of World War 2 present an intriguing perspective on the effects of the war.

Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA (12) |Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben September 14, 2025

Raw and powerful, these five German films created amidst the rubble of Berlin at the end of...

Dogma (15) Film Review

When director Kevin Smith’s religious satire Dogma was released for Christmas 1999, its subject matter caused a bit of a stir in church circles.

Dogma (15) Film Review

Carol Allen November 9, 2025

When director Kevin Smith’s religious satire Dogma was released for Christmas 1999, its subject matter caused a bit of...

You’ve Been Trumped Too (PG) | Close-Up Film Review

Carlie Newman August 16, 2020

The first documentary film, made in 2011 showed how Donald Trump trampled on the wishes and needs...

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (PG) | Close-Up Film Review

Colin Dibben November 23, 2020

A massive old cinema is closing down. On the last night, as torrential rain falls on Taipei,...

This sensuous and sexy, head-trippy hymn to gender fluidity, beautifully restored with crystal clear images and colours like on the first day of creation, is a total must see.

Luminous Procuress (18) Home Ents Review

Colin Dibben May 27, 2022

This sensuous and sexy, head-trippy hymn to gender fluidity, beautifully restored with crystal clear images and colours...

Riceboy Sleeps, the second feature from director Anthony Shim, had its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival this past week and is part of the Audience Award competition at the festival.

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Ben Thomas March 9, 2023

Riceboy Sleeps, the second feature from director Anthony Shim, had its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film...

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