Jonny Sweet
@jonnyleesweet
After four years in the wanderlust wilderness, Jonny Sweet is back to the homeland to gorge himself on musical and cinematic catnip and scribble furiously in dimly lit rooms.
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Reviews: 254
Other Articles: 58
The Lament of Dorothy Wordsworth
Somewhat drab dramatisation of a jilted sister
The War of the Worlds
Inventive, thought-provoking and thoroughly modern take on a classic tale
Alfie Brown: Imagination
Sub-par performance doesn’t mask obvious talents of combative comic
Danny MacAskill’s Drop & Roll Live
High-octane stunts show is sure to please children of all ages
40 Minute Classics: The Seagull
New production company targets old classic in steady return to the Fringe
Death by Shakespeare
Physically inventive adaptation of Shakespeare’s most memorable death scenes
New Cinema Releases August 2019
1960s Hollywood, drug lord trophy wives and reflective Spanish directors feature in the August programme
New Cinema Releases July 2019
Haunted dresses, mafioso footballers and zombified suburbia await in July’s cinematic programme.
Strange But True
Strong twist can’t paper over plot inconsistencies in taut thriller.
New Cinema Releases June 2019
Free-spirited 50-somethings, extra-terrestrial sexuality experiments and Libyan female footballers star in June’s cinematic programme.
New Cinema Releases May 2019
Tearaway 90s teens, Colombian drug cartels and Icelandic warrior activists feature in May’s programme.
Kiefer Sutherland
Reckless & Me
Painfully derivative stuff in the style of a country and western washout.
Red in Tooth and Claw
Strong selection of quirky horror focusing on man and beast.
Damien Jurado
In the Shape of a Storm
Gorgeously sparse selection of acoustic songs from folk veteran.
Preview: Dead by Dawn 2019
Four-day horror extravaganza rears its head at the Filmhouse once more.