Review of "The Measure of a Man"

A bit the same territory as Daniel Blake in the first third, but without the edge, and then going on to follow him into shit work. Excellent sparse performance by the lead (Vincent Lindon) but in the end curiously unsatisfying. The underlying desperation of all the characters in Daniel Blake was missing, somehow you felt that they would all be ok despite everything, which was certainly not the outcome of Loach's masterpiece.

Review of "Arcadia"

Despite containing much fascinating footage it is difficult to discern a pattern or intention, let alone meaning, in the montage. It is claimed to be about our relationship with nature and the land - but I don't see that reflected here. There is a good non-documentary film to be made about this subject, but this isn't it. Frankly it is a bit incoherent. Three stars solely because some of the archive clips are interesting in themselves, not for the whole as a movie which would get one star.