Pillion

When barbershop quartet crooner “Colin” (Harry Melling) ends up paying for some crisps in the pub for a biker he doesn’t even know, he immediately becomes smitten. This is despite the fact that the white-leather clad “Ray” (Alexander Skarsgård) barely gave him a second glance, though he did give him…

There’s a big difference between celebrating an alternative lifestyle and giving license to an abusive relationship, but, sadly, the debut feature from writer-director Harry Lighton doesn’t seem to know the difference. This sexually explicit “romance” (a term I use with measured reservation) follows…

I respect what this was trying to be but it took a very negative turn as it becomes more clear throughout the movie how under-negotiated and communicated their relationship is, which just ends in an absolute disaster. I made it about 3/4 of the way through the movie in hopes it would resolve and the…

**The subversion of the romantic melodrama** "Pillion" is the feature debut of British director Harry Lighton, a rather dark comedy-drama that offers a modern adaptation of Adam Mars-Jones's acclaimed novel "Box Hill". Sidestepping the easy tropes of conventional romance, the film delves into the…