Film Review: Unsane (2018)
This may not be the first film to be shot entirely on phones, but it may well be the most high-profile to date. When…
Film Review: Last Flag Flying (2017)
Richard Linklater must be a relief to work for. Never in a hurry, he seems to encourage such natural performances that his films almost give the…
Film Review: Abracadabra (2017)
Pablo Berger’s latest film is an apt choice to launch this year’s Spanish Film Festival, even if it isn’t Spain’s most impressive output. If…
Review: National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018)
When it’s tempting to moan about how bad we’ve got it with our politicians, it pays to flick over the pages of history for…
Film Review: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
At the start of Pacific Rim: Uprising, our hero Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) proclaims, “I am not my father’s son”. A similar sentiment could…
Film Review: Tomb Raider (2018)
To recount what actually happened in the original Tomb Raider film is a tough ask. Never mind that it rates 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, that…
Film Review: Red Sparrow (2018)
From the opening act, Red Sparrow marks itself as a film bathed in studio boardroom ambition. A spy, a ballerina, a cruel twist of fate and…
Film Review: Finding Your Feet (2017)
The genre of freewheeling baby boomers rediscovering their mojo later in life is a genre gathering steam, and I blame Judi Dench and that…
Film Review: Paddington 2 (2017)
“Mrs Brown says that in London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.” That was Paddington Brown in 2014. Clearly Mrs…
Film Review: Sami Blood (2016)
The first feature film by writer-director Amanda Kernell raises subject matter that should be more than a little familiar to Australians. This Swedish director’s…