Peterloo (2018)

Coming just after the Napoleonic wars, Peterloo looks at a place and time in history that is not often looked at. I suppose you could compare it to Poldark (2015), though without any swashbuckling or sassy characters, or even the boyhood world of D.

I found the ending of this film a bit unsatisfactory it fell a bit flat emotionally. Peterloo didn't lead directly to big dramatic change, in fact it lead to further repression by the government.

Superb cinematography (Dick Pope) and production design/art direction (Suzie Davies, Jane Brodie, Dan Taylor). However, the flags and banners were too sophisticated and rich for the time and place of the film.