LOVING VINCENT (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Douglas Booth (The Limehouse Golem), Jerome Flynn (Best), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), Helen McCrory (The Queen), Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), John Sessions (The Iron Lady), Eleanor Tomlinson (Jack the Giant Slayer), Aidan Turner (The Hobbit), Robert Gulaczyk (Prosta Historia O Morderstwie)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Hugh Welchman (film debut), director, writer, producer; Dorota Kobiela (The Flying Machine), director, writer, editor; Jacek Dehnel (film debut), writer; Sean M. Bobbitt (film debut) and Ivan Mactaggart (My Week With Marilyn), producers; Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream), composer; Tristan Oliver (ParaNorman) and Lukasz Zal (Ida), cinematographers; Justyna Wierszynska (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The film explores the life and tragic death of famed painter Vincent Van Gogh (Gulaczyk), told through his paintings and the characters that occupy them. It includes “interviews” with those closest to Van Gogh, and dramatic representations of events leading up to his death…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Loving Vincent is the world’s first animated film that has been fully painted, and done so in the style of its subject matter Vincent Van Gogh, which not only looks astonishing but should be an absolute must-see for any lovers of the late painter’s works.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2017

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

California Schemin’ (dir. James McAvoy)

A pair of Scottish rappers pass themselves off as American to further their careers…

Father Mother Sister Brother (dir. Jim Jarmusch)

A triptych of family affairs from across the world…

The Drama (dir. Kristoffer Borgli)

A soon-to-be-wed couple deal with the aftermath of a shocking confession…

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (dirs. Aaron Hovarth and Michael Jelenic)

Mario travels beyond the Mushroom Kingdom for an intergalactic adventure…

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (dir. BenDavid Grabinski)

Two gangsters and their lover endure a difficult and dangerous night involving time-travel…

The Magic Faraway Tree (dir. Ben Gregor)

A family discovers a magical tree that transports them to wondrous new worlds…

Splitsville (dir. Michael Angelo Covino)

Two couples find themselves caught in more than a few compromising situations…

Pretty Lethal (dir. Vicky Jewson)

A troupe of ballerinas must fight to survive their stay at a strange inn…

They Will Kill You (dir. Kirill Sokolov)

A newly-arrived maid fights for survival in a mysterious high-rise…

Arco (dir. Ugo Bienvenu)

A young boy from the far future unexpectedly travels back in time…

Optimized by Optimole