Spiderhead – Review
In some ways, Spiderhead has slipped entirely under the radar. Rather than capitalising on the fact that the film was directed by Top Gun: Maverick’s Joseph Kosinski and features one of its stars, Mi...
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The Worst Person in the World – Review
The coming of age film is a Hollywood staple. The mid-life crisis film equally so. But there aren’t too many films which (successfully) explore that in-between period. Your late twenties and early th...
Wild Men – Review
The mid-life crisis has become something of a cliché. Both in real life and in films and television. Men, typically, ditch their wives for a younger model and start buying shiny red sports cars, whic...
Time of Impatience – Review
A long, arid summer is about to commence. Dust weaves its way across the pavements. Every surface is drenched in a yellow glow. You can practically feel your mouth dry up. Spaces with no air conditio...
The Girl and The Spider – Review
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” Having reflected on Ramon and Silvan Zürcher’s The Girl and The ...
Three Floors – Review
With Nanni Moretti’s new film the acclaimed director takes a look at life in an apartment building in Rome over the course of a decade. On the face of it, the film appears to be a bit of a ligh...
Nightmare Alley (2022) – Review
Neo-noir, so often, can be style over substance. Sumptuous to look at but severely lacking in authentic characters and narrative arcs. So, has “master of the spectacle” Guillermo del Toro succeeded i...
Munich: The Edge of War – Review
A World War Two film where not a single bullet is fired; not a single trip to the front is made; not a bombed out London terrace in sight. Rather, the looming spectre of war casts a shadow across Eur...
Titane – Review
* This review contains spoilers – don’t read ahead unless you’ve seen the film * When writer / director Julia Ducournau made her feature length debut with 2016’s Raw, she rightfully won praise and at...
King Richard – Review
Venus and Serena Williams are two of the biggest names in tennis, perhaps even in sport. Their meteoric rise to success – from such a young age – has given them both careers which span decades and in...