Elliott Jones

Renowned Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men, Gravity) is widely regarded as a man who makes films that display great technical prowess combined with a moving story as an emotional anchor. With Roma, his most personal…

More often than not, films about addiction can be catergorised as one might describe as ‘Oscar-bait’, that is to say they attempt to appeal to the Academy using over-dramatised retellings of someone’s story featuring big name actors gunning…

After bursting onto the Hollywood scene with Whiplash then conquering it with La La Land, one could be forgiven for expecting that prodigious director Damien Chazelle would be making another jazz-inspired musical film. However his 3rd…

It’s hard to believe a whopping 5 years have passed since Steve McQueen’s Best Picture winning historical epic 12 Years A Slave graced our screens, and with the female-led heist thriller Widows, the acclaimed director is back with a bang.…

As far as his acting career goes, Paul Dano has often appeared to fit the mould of a character actor, going from film to film playing mostly supporting roles of a similar ilk, often portraying characters who tend to be awkward and shy,…

It's hard to imagine that a man of Denzel Washington's calibre; precociously talented with a vast and varied filmography, has never starred in a sequel before. His first ever sequel in a long and illustrious career comes in the form of the…

It wasn't going to take much to build hype for a Ryan Gosling led biopic of Neil Armstrong directed by the prodigious Damien Chazelle (La La Land), and after the release of a second trailer and an almighty buzz following the film's world…

Here at The Indiependent, a great element of our remit revolves around promoting all things "independent". With that in mind it is paramount that the film section is able to recognise filmmaking talent not just within the realm of Hollywood…

Now a whole four films into the brilliantly reintroduced Star Wars universe, one could potentially expect the wheels to begin to fall off as the franchise continues to churn out more and more films. With arguably Disney's most ambitious…

After 10 long years, the moment Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been (im)patiently waiting for has finally arrived. With Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel and directors Joe and Anthony Russo have developed arguably the most ambitious movie…

In a way of reintroducing our Film News section, I thought it best to bring some news about an important short film due for release later this year entitled Screwdriver, shot by our very own former Film Editor Levi Aluede. The film's…

In the era of “fake news” and Trump’s incessant desire to mute the press, one wouldn’t have expected a piece of reactionary cinema to be an outrageous suggestion. Fortunately the man helming the first major anti-Trump administration film is…

Despite it now being 2018, the level of intolerance and hatred in the world, especially in America, remains at an archaic level. With his latest film Hostiles, director Scott Cooper (Black Mass) offers a thoughtful, gritty exploration of…

When master screenwriters like Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) turn their hand to directing, often the initial scepticism revolves around their natural habits to focus on substance over style. However with Molly's Game, Sorkin has opted…

In a world full of continuous reboots and sequels, many franchises have failed to recapture that original beauty that fans adore, but not Star Wars. Following on from 2015's box-office record smashing and critically acclaimed sequel Episode…