Barnaby Turner

WHAT I LIKED: Jane Campion's 'The Piano,' is a masterclass in the female gaze, as it's not only a film where every frame of every scene is devoted to showing the small, emotional sensitivities and complexities of characters and their relationships... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: If I had to choose a favourite film genre, I'd probably go with man-vs-nature. There's just something about isolating a person on the edge of survival that gets them - and us by extension - to not consider our own human nature, but a... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Kenneth Branagh's 'Belfast,' is a semi-autobiographical year-in-the-life story of 9-year-old Buddy (Jude Hill) in Troubles-stricken 1960s Belfast. Ultimately though, it ends up a film about what it means to be home regardless of when... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Stories about characters pursuing or giving up on their dreams are always compelling, and Richard Linklater's 'School of Rock,' is no exception. Dewey (Jack Black) starts out as a failing rock and roll star, living on the floor of hi... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Thomas Vinterberg's 'Another Round,' is a film about a teacher and father called Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) who feels so bored by his banal life that he decides to let go and find some joy and zest for life by drinking during the days a... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Florian Zeller's 'The Father,' paints a heart-wrenching picture of what it must be like to live with dementia by showing a sufferer's (Anthony Hopkins) relationship with his daughter and carers through confused eyes. Initially, we se... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: 'Calendar Girls,' is a film of two halves; the first a heart-warming, hilarious true tale of a bunch of middle-aged women attempting a nude calendar to raise money in honour of one of their late husbands, and the second their resulti... Read the full review »