Diego Aparicio takes an exciting look at the 2017 Palme d’Or-winning satirical drama. This review originally appeared on the author’s film blog, Observancy. It has been slightly modified. Ruben Östlund’s follow-up […]
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‘Isle of Dogs’ Review
George Moore-Chadwick reviews Wes Anderson’s highly anticipated return to animation. The opening of Isle of Dogs informs us the Japanese spoken in the film will not be translated, unless by a […]
‘Annihilation’ Review
Milo Garner reviews the highly anticipated scifi released on Netflix earlier this month. Alex Garland’s sophomore picture, the grandly-titled Annihilation, seems to promise high-concept sci-fi. This is a genre returning […]
‘Red Sparrow’ Review
Hebe Hamilton reviews Jennifer Lawrence’s latest spy thriller. CW: Rape, sexual assault/harassment. Is it ironic I went to see Red Sparrow, a film that sees its female protagonist sent off […]
‘The Touch’ Retrospective Review
Milo Garner looks back at a lesser-known Bergman through a fresh 2K restoration. The Touch (Beröringen) is, quite surprisingly, one of Ingmar Bergman’s most obscure films. It came out in 1971, […]
‘You Were Never Really Here’ Review
Raphael Duhamel reviews Lynne Ramsay’s thriller. You Were Never Really Here is a brilliantly discordant piece of cinema. With a run time of only eighty-five minutes, Lynne Ramsay’s adaptation of […]
Discussion – ‘Being Blacker’
Emma Davis considers Molly Dineen’s documentary about the Brixton neighbourhood icon ahead of its premiere on BBC2 tonight. In Molly Dineen’s latest documentary Being Blacker, Brixton is the undercurrent to […]
‘I, Tonya’ Review
Hebe Hamilton reviews Craig Gillespie’s Oscar-nominated biopic about the controversial figure skater. Prior to the release of I, Tonya I had never heard of Tonya Harding, nor of the infamous […]
‘The Shape of Water’ Review
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 […]