Film review: FRANTZ, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Celebrated and provocative French director Francois Ozon’s latest film Frantz is a slow-moving but undeniably affecting piece of cinematic art. Set in 1919 with Europe physically and emotionally scarred by the First World War, the film focuses on young German woman Anna (Paula Beer) whose fiancée Frantz (Anton von Lucke) was killed in the trenches in France. Visiting the cemetery

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 21st April 2017

There are some intriguing films waiting for you at the cinema and this week ‘Built For Speed’ gives you a tantalising taste as we review bizarre monster movie meets low-key psychological drama ‘Colossal’ which stars Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis, Francois Ozon’s latest, the black and white post-WW1 drama ‘Frantz’ and just for something different, the star-studded ‘Going in Style’ which

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