No real reference to Liz Truss, very little reference to the death of HM the Queen and nothing really on the Sussexes' antics, and nothing on the Football World Cup in Qatar. Taking the title this year is Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man: the inspiring rags-to-riches story of world heavyweight champion boxer James J. As an ex-theatre student, Lars Von Trier’s Dogville was right up my street, and I genuinely believe that despite its unconventional format and aesthetic, there’s nothing remotely inaccessible about the film at all. There was considerable online buzz when the film debuted at Sundance Film Festival (where it won an Audience Award), then Letterboxd soon told me it was a “Highly Rated Film You’re Yet To See”. For such a little film it achieves a lot, and I would be thrilled to see more people giving it the praise it deserves.

After spending the best part of a decade trying to learn my craft and get busy, 2019 has taught me that there's. Totally unimpressed by her inconspicuousness and frequent bad behaviour, the Reverend Mother (the sensational Maggie Smith) limits Dolores’ activities solely to singing in the tone-deaf choir – which, naturally, she transforms into a national success, revitalising the convent but simultaneously putting her concealed identity at risk.You guys work amazing together; you have a massive level of professionalism but remain calm throughout. Biography: Matt studied at St Martin's School of Art in London and first saw himself published in the New Statesman during one of its rare lapses from high seriousness.

It is there he forms a unique but complicated relationship with single mother Domino, played by an increasingly impressive post-Fifty Shades Dakota Johnson, and her autistic daughter Lola.I’ll toss some into the mix below if only for my own amusement, but you’ll have to forgive me if I seem completely out of practise with writing properly about films! This shows what can be done in less than a month, if you know what you are doing and are extremely good at it!