Liam Donovan examines Scott Cooper’s gritty Western. In Scott Cooper’s latest film, the gruelling western Hostiles, two former foes are asked to put their differences aside and embark on a long voyage […]
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PODCAST: Oscar Nominations & 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In our latest episode, Maria and Ivan react to Oscar nominations (how do they compare to Ivan and Calvin’s predictions from last time??) and discuss a Best Picture frontrunner: Three […]
‘Journey’s End’ Review
Bori Bernát watches Saul Dibb’s star-studded war film. Although the audience is always keen to see a new war movie, filmmakers nowadays struggle to bring a new angle to the […]
‘The Post’ Review
Editor Chloe Woods reviews Spielberg’s latest, star-studded film. Usually, the actors are the ones we accuse of phoning it in. After an impressive thirty-nine features, among them lauded some of […]
‘Molly’s Game’ Review
Editor Chloe Woods reviews Aaron Sorkin’s Oscar-hopeful directorial debut. Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) is driven, ambitious, and smarter than every man in the room. Bringing Bloom’s own 2014 memoir to […]
‘The Greatest Showman’ Review
Editor Chloe Woods tears into Michael Gracey’s historical musical. Spoilers ahoy! This piece is more commentary than review. Given the chance to ask one question, I would ask the creators of […]
Central DOCS Club: ‘Walk With Me’ Review
The latest edition of Central DOCS Club, in association with UCL Film Society, featured a screening of Walk With Me, a glimpse into the monastic life led and taught by […]
2017 in Netflix Original Films
Pihla Pekkarinen reviews a few Netflix titles from the past year. Netflix has recently set a target of releasing eighty new original films in 2018. That’s eight-zero. And 2017 wasn’t […]
‘A Matter of Life and Death’ Retrospective Review
Milo Garner reconsiders #20 on the BFI’s Best 100 British Films list, recently restored and returned to the big screen. By late 1945, Anglo-American relations were particularly frayed. Despite their support […]
‘Suburbicon’ Review
Liam Donovan reviews George Clooney’s latest. This review originally appeared on the author’s blog. It has been slightly modified. In a year Donald Trump has taken his office as President of […]