AMERICAN ANIMALS – ★★★☆ – Very well polished American film telling the true story about four young gentlemen who decide to try and steal some rare books from their university campus library. Enjoyable, but unsure if they deserve the fame/limelight for committing a crime. #MIFF2018

THE GUILTY – ★★★★ – Brilliantly made, short and tense Danish film completely set in a small police emergency call centre. Deep story and character development done entirely by one man’s interaction with others, almost entirely by phone. Must see. #MIFF2018

FIRST REFORMED – ★★★☆ – Ethan Hawke is great in this film by Paul Schrader, about a minister dealing with his past demons, while trying to assist his small clergy with theirs. Amanda Seyfried (Twin Peaks 2017) also top notch. Ending was a little unpredictable, but not in a bad way. #MIFF2018

SOLLERS POINT – ★☆ – Or ‘Sollers Pointless’. A seemingly random mix of events for an ex-convict, with no particular order, story, beginning or end. Watch Danny Glover’s (who also produced this film) Atlanta instead. #miff2018