top of page

Reviews
A Complete Unknown
I’ve written a lot recently about biopics and also, when discussing Nosferatu, posited the difficulty of defining something iconic....
Nosferatu
It must be daunting trying to create the definitive version of something so well known. Make that doubly difficult when there have been...
Maria
Pablo Larraín releases his third stately and eloquent biopic and may have topped his previous two efforts with Maria. This, the story of...
Saturday Night
Saturday Night is a different kind of biopic, telling the story of the moments before the very first broadcast of SNL. It’s an absolutely...
A Real Pain
A Real Pain is such a perfect, double meaning title for Jesse Eisenberg’s thought-provoking, charming, funny and brilliant new film. A...
Better Man
Much like we learn about his career itself, against all the odds Robbie Williams’ story Better Man joins the top table of music biopics....
Babygirl
Arguably without clear frontrunners, 2025’s Oscars race in all the major categories appears to be wide open. Nicole Kidman will certainly...
The Brighton Film Club's Albums of the Year 2024
Another year where the number of albums in the below list has had to be bumped up and still doesn't do justice to what's been released. I present to you, after the customary squabbles and more shuffles than a Vegas casino, The Brighton Film Club’s Albums of the Year 2024: 35. Charly Bliss - Forever 34. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 33. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven 32. Everything Everything - Mountainhead 31. IDLES - TANGK 30. illuminati hotties - POWER 29. skaiwater -
The Brighton Film Club's Films of the Year 2024
The Brighton Film Club presents the Films of the Year 2024 after another stacked year for our screens. We've opted to only include films released into UK cinemas this year in the main list to highlight the range and quality we've enjoyed. Many of these are now on streaming sites and streamers had plenty of their own excellent releases too though. After the customary squabbles and more shuffles than a Vegas casino, here then are The Brighton Film Club’s Films of the Year 2024:
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Going down the ‘feature length and theatrically released anime’ path to continue the Lord of the Rings story is something I’m sure many...
Kraven The Hunter
What’s more surprising? That the superhero boom has led to a solo film for Spider-Man antagonist Kraven The Hunter? That Sony’s...
Queer
Releasing two films in one year is a pretty impressive feat for any Director. Bizarrely, for the second time this year, a celebrated...
bottom of page