Film Review: The Guilty (2018)
Films taking place in a single setting face distinct challenges. But, if done well, these challenges can be converted into opportunities which only highlight,…
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Film Review: Stan & Ollie (2018)
Alongside Charlie Chaplin’s persona as the Tramp and Buster Keaton’s phenomenal use of visual comedy, Laurel and Hardy in their bowler hats dancing to…
Film Review: Vox Lux (2018)
It would be fair to question the need for another film exploring the phenomenon of celebrity. Documentary essays on the life (and death) of…
Film Review: Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Put Happy Death Day 2U down to a case of a studio cashing in on a surprise hit, but you can’t blame a guy…
Film Review: Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Two hundred million dollars. Thousands and thousands of hours of work. Hundreds and hundreds of talented people who excitedly told their families that they…
Film Review: Maria by Callas (2017)
Maria Callas, the beautiful Greek-American soprano, is a name familiar to anyone who loves opera. She is considered to be the greatest soprano of…
Film Review: The Bikes of Wrath (2019)
There are many reasons to go on a particular, specific road-trip: you saw it in a film and fell in love with the scenery…
Film Review: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
It doesn’t matter how serious your film is; you can always make it about love. That’s apparently the philosophy of Barry Jenkins, the Oscar…
Film Review: At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
The life and death of Vincent Van Gogh has been an obsession of the art world for 128 years now, and still the vision…
Film Review – Arctic (2018)
There’s something especially gratifying about watching survival movies. They can distil the human experience down to essential choices, bring into focus what’s really important,…