Film Review: Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
With Winnie the Pooh being such a compassionate portrayal of childhood imagination, it is perhaps surprising to find that A. A. Milne didn’t really…
Film Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Anyone hoping for grounded realism in the work of Yorgos Lanthimos can look elsewhere. A thematic summary wouldn’t put it too far from that of…
Film Review: Brigsby Bear (2017)
James Pope is 25 and his life is about to undergo a seismic shift. Abducted by Ted and April Mitchum (Mark Hamill and Jane…
Film Review: Happy Death Day (2017)
Not to recommend Wikipedia as a trustworthy source, but a quick search for ‘time loops’ will tell you that no less than five films…
Film Review: Final Portrait (2017)
In the mid-20th century, Swiss-Italian artist Alberto Giacometti was one of the leading proponents of the surrealist movement. You may well have seen some…
Film Review: Mountain (2017)
After Sherpa it is hard not to be at least a little disappointed with Jennifer Peedom’s follow-up effort. Less traumatic diary, more meandering essay…
Film Review: American Made (2017)
It doesn’t take long to get to know Barry Seal, the focus of American Made. Piloting regional flights for TWA Airlines, the family man…
Film Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
It is strange that a director so lofty as Luc Besson should release a new film and instead draw praise for a film he…
Review: National Theatre Live: Obsession (2017)
Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film Ossessione may be one of the lasting classics of Italian neo-realist cinema, but judging by Ivo van Hove’s clumsy adaptation…
Film Review: Dunkirk (2017)
He may be one of the modern era’s most lauded directors, but a rare gripe for Christopher Nolan’s films has been that they are…