Begin Again

There are people who direct musicals and people like John Carney, who direct films about why we love music so damn much. The Irish filmmaker’s Once charmed the socks off cinemagoers back in 2006 and now he’s repeated a similar trick with Begin Again, which sees a dwindling producer (Mark Ruffalo) and an aspiring songwriter (Keira Knightley) record an album on the streets of New York with the help of friends, family and curious onlookers. The tunes are ace, the tone is just the right side of feel good and the central pairing offers further proof that the best on-screen romances truly are the ones left unspoken and unresolved. 

4/5