Category: Films
No kill zone: how revenge rampage Rebel Ridge is reinventing the action movie
If you’ve watched enough action movies over the last decade or so, you’ve probably noticed what feels like a bit of … an escalation. In [more…]
Sugarcane review – trauma and truth unearthed in Indigenous children’s schools scandal
This deeply disquieting and indeed enraging documentary is about the hundreds of residential “Indian schools” for Indigenous children in Canada, largely administered by the Catholic [more…]
Greedy People review – blood and chaos overlay bizarrely Coenesque crime caper
This under-par comedy noir from screenwriter Mike Vukadinovich and director Potsy Ponciroli feels like a script that the Coen brothers might have taken on while [more…]
Public Enemy review – anatomy of Greece’s economic crisis framed as epic tragedy
Maybe the true Greek tragedy is the temptation to interpret everything that happens in that country under the long Hellenic shadow of history. It is [more…]
Cyborg: A Documentary review – man who ‘hears’ colours is leading transhuman age
The subject of Carey Born’s film is amusing, engaging and more than a little preposterous. It is about the talented artist and musician Neil Harbisson, [more…]
‘His ego will not accept defeat’: the story behind Trump’s attempt to steal an election
By now, 6 January 2021 has so thoroughly saturated the American political consciousness – a single date conjuring up images of the once unthinkable, mentioned [more…]
Transformers One review – animated origin tale is fun fan service
Optimus Prime is typically a dour and self-serious figure. In both the 80s cartoons and the Michael Bay-directed Transformers movies, the leader of the Autobots [more…]
‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic
‘The friendship between a critic and an actor violates a boundary’ Arifa Akbar Oh, how I’d love to take bubble baths in the morning, long [more…]
The Old Man and the Land review – sibling squabbles as family unravels like an old jumper
Sheep farming is having a moment at the movies. Following closely on the heels of Irish-made documentary Notes from Sheepland, this experimental British drama also [more…]
Clawfoot review – Hollywood nepo babies do fine in horror-comedy bathed in gore
This cheeky suburban black comedy-horror confection builds from a slow start to a delicious finish, making up for what it lacks in subtlety with a [more…]
