Category: Films
Sleep review – marriage unravels in gleeful Korean somnambulist psycho-chiller
The sleep of reason is what’s supposed to produce monsters … but not as many as sleep deprivation. That is the awful paradox driving this [more…]
James Stewart is sublimely strange and sweet in Harvey as a drunkard with an invisible rabbit friend
How does one go about choosing their favourite James Stewart movie? The great actor’s oeuvre spans a wide variety of genres and moods. For good [more…]
‘Rage is your gift’: Paul Mescal battles Pedro, Denzel and a rhino in first Gladiator II trailer
The first trailer for one of the autumn’s most hotly anticipated films has arrived. Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 Oscar-conquering epic, is [more…]
Fly Me to the Moon review – slinky Scarlett Johansson in cynical moon-landing conspiracy comedy
Would you like to watch a goofy romcom about Bill Gates conspiring to implant 5G in millions of Americans’ bodies using the Covid vaccine – [more…]
The Devil Wears Prada sequel in the works about declining advertising revenues for print media
A sequel to hit 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada is under way at Disney, with key cast and crew widely expected to return, including [more…]
Jon Landau obituary
Three of the highest grossing films of all time – Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009) and its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – were [more…]
‘Opened my whole world up’: inside Oscar-tipped prison theater drama Sing Sing
When Sean “Dino” Johnson first heard of a new theater program from another guy in the yard at Sing Sing, a maximum security prison 30 [more…]
Thine Ears Shall Bleed review – occult horror-western heads into the wilderness
This year has seen a boom in religious horror, from occult pre-boot The First Omen to Immaculate’s nunsploitation with a feminist twist. The debut feature [more…]
Carbon & Water review – sexual fulfilment of a gay man in his 60s is little-explored territory
Shot in the scenic North Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes, Christopher Clarke’s drama seeks to contrast the majestic beauty of the landscape with the loneliness [more…]
A Prince review – queer erotic drama of sexual enlightenment through gardening
This latest film from artist, film-maker, and farmer Pierre Creton evokes a tradition in French erotica in which a youthful protagonist has a series of [more…]
