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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Dec 2022

  In the winter of 2016, Barry Jenkins released his magnum opus Moonlight. I distinctly remember how I felt throughout that film; an overwhelming sense of emotion and adoration for what was being presented in front of me. Until yesterday, I had never had that experience since (you can imagine my smugness then when Barry Jenkins' name appeared in the credits as a producer).

  Cue Charlotte Wells.

  Aftersun trusts it's audience not to require overt excitement and/or dramatic plot points. It…

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  Kes 1969

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Feb 2023

  It's been about 8 years since I last watched Kes. In that time, I met my soon to be wife and moved to her home town of Barnsley. I've lived here for 5 years now and consider myself an honoury Yorkshireman. The stories her grandad tells, in his increasingly comforting accent, of his childhood and of working down the pit always bring a smile to my face.

  Returning to Kes again now is like a warm embrace and I can't…

Recent reviews

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  Moana 2 2024

  ★★½ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  Ugh. Regurgitated story without a single catchy song.. not my Moana!

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  Flow 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Feb 2025

  This film stressed me out so much, not least because it made me question my position as a dog person.

  By far the most impressive animated water I’ve ever seen. 

  Beautiful stuff!

Popular reviews

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Jul 2023 1

  I needed to sleep on this before I wrote this review. Firstly a massive thank you to Parkway Cinema in Barnsley for securing the only 70mm film print outside of London. What a great atmosphere it was in there. 

  Oppenheimer is a sprawling and intense film that caught me off guard in a way I wasn’t expecting. Maybe it was my naïveté but it definitely wasn’t the film I’d prepared myself for. Nolan once again plays with Promethean ideologies, how…

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Sep 2023

  For me this was perfect. 

  There was so much longing in every frame, every prolonged silence, every wistful gaze. It seems at the moment every year a masterpiece is created by a debut filmmaker that just blows my socks off and leaves me in a puddle of my own tears. Charlotte Wells passes the baton onto Celine Song this year with a film that feels so personal that after a brief google search I feel I need to reach out…