Emma Davis reviews Ciro Guerra’s latest colonial drama. Waiting for the Barbarians follows a man called the Magistrate (Mark Rylance) over the course of a full year running the outpost […]
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‘Lucky Grandma’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
KC Wingert reviews the buzzed-about dark comedy at LFF 2019. With her debut feature Lucky Grandma, a film about an elderly Chinese-American woman with a rebellious streak, writer-director Sasie Sealy […]
‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Review
Xara Zabihi Dutton reviews the highly anticipated Fast & Furious spin-off. This review contains spoilers. The moment Luke Hobbs (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson) lifted his copy of the portable Friederich […]
‘Toy Story 4’ Review
Sam Hamilton takes a look at the next episode in the much-loved Pixar franchise. The fourth entry in Pixar’s flagship franchise starts and ends, like its predecessors, with Randy Newman’s […]
‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’ Review
Gwendoline Blangy reviews Quentin Tarantino’s newest film. Bloody explosions, the n-word, swearing, unlimited violence, feet-worshipping…that’s what everyone expected when Quentin Tarantino’s 9th film made its premiere at the 2019 Cannes […]
‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Editor KC Wingert reviews our first film from BFI LFF 2019. Warning: this review contains spoilers. Making its UK premiere at LFF, The Peanut Butter Falcon is a delightful dramedy […]
‘The Death of Dick Long’ Review
Angelos Angelidis reviews Daniel Scheinert‘s follow-up to Swiss Army Man. Warning: this review contains descriptions of rape and bestiality. Following the success of Swiss Army Man (2016), a movie about […]
‘Eighth Grade’ Review
Editor KC Wingert tackles Bo Burnham’s directorial debut to celebrate it’s US anniversary. Embarrassing crushes, burgeoning sexuality, bullying, and mall hangs: Eighth Grade covers all the universal experiences that come with being […]
‘Booksmart’ Review
Alexandra Petrache reviews Olivia Wilde’s anticipated directorial debut. Director Olivia Wilde does “coming of age” effortlessly and hilariously funny. Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein) are two best friends […]
‘Ponyboi’ Review
Angelos Angelidis reviews the intersex-directed and starring short film. Ponyboi is the result of a creative collaboration between co-director Sadé Clacken Joseph; writer, co-director, and lead star River Gallo; and […]