Movies

One Battle After Another review – another…

Sometimes, it takes the creative impetus of a great filmmaker to finally pick up that chunky novel that’s been sitting gathering…

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Happyend review – a fraying coming-of-age story…

From its opening moments, Neo Sora’s Happyend evokes a world aflame with uncertainty. Title cards bearing cryptic phrases about old systems,…

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Steve review – OTT in all respects

When an actor wins a big award, or in the case of Cillian Murphy, the biggest award, the pressure mounts when…

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Playground Love: How Air scored The Virgin…

Nevertheless, Coppola knew what she wanted and, pressed for time, Godin and Dunckle returned to the studio for a weekend. In…

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​​The Golden Spurtle review – very sweet, not…

Eccentric food-preparation competitions are usually the domain of eagle-eyed TV execs who must attempt to work out the drama can…

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From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza review – a…

For anyone that has paid even a modicum of attention to the daily images coming out of Palestine, the scenes that…

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review –…

It’s sad to have to admit but a certain two word review came to mind while watching Rob Reiner’s belated and…

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Blue Heron – first-look review

Sophy Romvari’s movies are slippery things. The Canadian filmmaker already has something of a cult following among very-online cinephiles despite only…

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Two Pianos – first-look review

Vivacious, neurotic and stubborn, with imploring eyes and cheeks that take on a rosy flush when photographed on film, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, star…

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The Long Walk review – more televised deathsports…

TV and cinema is obsessed with selling us the notion that people are, in the main, absolutely fine with watching…

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