Author: Molly Wareing

A Street Cat Named Bob. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Sony Pictures Releasing. 2016.

[1]A Street Cat Named Bob is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The film is based on an memoir of the same name, which narrates the true story of James Bowen, a British man who struggled with homelessness and heroin addiction, who attributes his recovery to a stray cat he named Bob. According…

19th June 2020
The Favourite. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2019

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite explores the life of Queen Anne and the competition between her servants Abigail and Sarah to become her ‘favourite’. The film uses comedy to provide an alternative depiction of the often idealised royal courts, creating an image of debauchery and cruelty instead. Whilst the film focuses on the relationship between these…

24th May 2020

A Street Cat Named Bob. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Sony Pictures Releasing. 2016.