Liam Donovan tackles Guillermo del Toro’s latest fantastical feature. There are men who can be monstrous, and monsters who can demonstrate great humanity, a principle on which Guillermo Del Toro […]
‘Lady Bird’ Review – The Good, the Bad and the Outright Bland
Alexandra Petrache breaks down Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut. An idyllic-looking, warm-toned piece of cinematography, Lady Bird captures the last year of high school in the life of Christine McPherson, or […]
‘Phantom Thread’ Review
Madeleine Haslam reviews PTA’s Academy Awards front-runner. Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest picture Phantom Thread is a rich and intricate yet bizarre tale that is aptly described by many as a […]
From ‘Hard Eight’ to ‘Phantom Thread’: A Paul Thomas Anderson Retrospective
Raphael Duhamel runs through Anderson’s impressive career leading up to Phantom Thread. “We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?” – Interview […]
‘Scenes from a Marriage’ Review
Milo Garner revisits Ingmar Bergman’s study of a couple’s relationship. A masterwork that gathers many of Bergman’s key concerns in his post-Winter Light filmography, the miniseries Scenes from a Marriage is […]
PODCAST: Weekly News Round-Up, ‘I, Tonya’, and ‘The Post’
(Illustration: Joanna Bush; Costume Design: Jennifer Johnson) A new episode is up! Sofia and Maria run through some recent film news headlines then dive into discussion of I, Tonya and […]
‘Downsizing’ Review
Editor Xin Yi Wang reviews Alexander Payne’s recent venture into sci-fi comedy. The concept of Downsizing is intriguing. An original premise about shrinking communities in order to reduce environmental waste […]
‘The Mercy’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews James Marsh’s take on a fascinating true story. Director James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) is well-versed in the biopic. Subject Donald Crowhurst led an extraordinarily interesting […]
‘Coco’ Review
Chloe Woods watches Pixar’s colourful new feature. Full confession: it took genuine effort not to break into embarrassing sobs in the middle of the (fairly busy) cinema. That might be […]
PODCAST: Weekly News Round-Up & ‘Phantom Thread’
(Illustration: Bendik Kaltenborn for The New Yorker) On the latest episode of our podcast, Milo and Lorcan discuss the past week’s film news highlights and talk us through their takes […]