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David Parkinson

Film Critic

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

533 pro reviews

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Latest published

Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade (2025)
Publish Date: May 1, 2025
"A recap of known knowns, which relies heavily on talking heads to link the standard archive clips in the absence of any of Lennon's music, which is bafflingly marginalised (...) Rating: ** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
Promised Hearts (2025)
Publish Date: April 11, 2025
"The storyline couldn't be more melodramatic and seemingly every scene ends with another soap-style twist (...) Rating: ** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
Publish Date: December 20, 2024
"The cast is exemplary, as are the cinematography and sound design that keep the viewer engaged and agitated (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
Merchant Ivory (2023)
Publish Date: November 12, 2024
"It will delight fans of Merchant Ivory's distinctive and deceptively acute pictures (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
Paradise is Burning (2023)
Publish Date: December 6, 2023
"Delbrava is excellent in her role, being both pugnaciously resourceful and painfully vulnerable (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Publish Date: November 30, 2023
"Drolly scripted, impeccably designed and photographed, and played to succinct perfection, this may only be a slender drama, but it's also a cherishable summation of what makes Aki Kaurismäki special (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2022)
Publish Date: November 7, 2023
"Pang tells her tale with modesty and balance, and does all Beatlemaniacs a service by giving them an intimate glimpse of what Lennon was like in and out of the spotlight (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
The Last Rifleman (2023)
Publish Date: November 7, 2023
"Brosnan capably conveys the hindrances of advanced age, while also displaying the spirit of an old soldier who is determined to accomplish his most honourable of goals (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
Pamfir (2022)
Publish Date: May 8, 2023
"Visually striking and explosively violent, this simmering parable makes exceptional use of its rustic locations — and the faces of a vibrant cast — to reinforce a sense of authenticity (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)
Publish Date: April 4, 2023
"Visually fascinating, intellectually intriguing and tonally teasing, this is a film that makes demands of its audience (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future (2022)
Publish Date: April 2, 2023
"The overall message is potent, while the sequences of the cows singing and the calves offering nuzzling consolation are deeply moving (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
Enys Men (2022)
Publish Date: February 8, 2023
"Rather bold, brittle and beguiling (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Radio Times
More Than Ever (2022)
Publish Date: January 17, 2023
"An affecting reflection on the loneliness we will all have to face at our end, held together by Vicky Krieps's poised display of unself-pitying despair and liberating acceptance (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
Tori and Lokita (2022)
Publish Date: November 29, 2022
"Meticulously controlled, but simmering with a tension that is suffused with fury, this treatise on dignity and depravity, aspiration and apathy is the Dardennes at their most accusatory and damning (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
Between Two Worlds (2021)
Publish Date: May 24, 2022
"Despite the nobility of its intentions and commitment of its cast, this would-be treatise on gig economical iniquity winds up patronising the very ‘invisible people' it's supposed to be championing (…) Rating: ** (out of 5)"

Empire
Murina (2021)
Publish Date: April 5, 2022
"This audiovisual treat is spiritedly played by its leads and bristles with a brooding menace that can't quite disguise the story's essentially melodramatic nature (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
Europa (2021)
Publish Date: March 14, 2022
"Filmed over 13 days in Tuscany and based on genuine Balkan Route testimony, this is an innovative, immersive insight into the migration crisis that also reveals much about human depravity (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
Taming the Garden (2021)
Publish Date: January 20, 2022
"Providing a devastating metaphor for a world gone mad, this is a poetic, provocative example of how a hard-hitting documentary tug on the communal conscience can also be wittily artistic (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
Gunda (2020)
Publish Date: June 6, 2021
"Full of fascinating behavioural insights and moments that are both hilarious and adorable, this studied treatise on the personality and emotionality of domestic animals should provide plentiful food for thought (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Empire
After Love (2020)
Publish Date: May 28, 2021
"[A] sensitive study of grief, cultural assimilation and secrecy (...) Deftly photographed and paced (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

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