Category: Films
The Wild Robot review – heartfelt animated adventure is a soaring success
At first glance, The Wild Robot, a new movie from DreamWorks Animation (and one of the studio’s last in-house productions), seems to target the voguish [more…]
Tell us: what are your thoughts on Joker: Folie à Deux?
Joker: Folie à Deux, the musical sequel to 2019’s hit Joker, stands to be a commercial flop with a predicted loss of as much as [more…]
Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands review – the joy and the fury
The first Scottish girl band to break into the charts were the McKinlay Sisters in 1964, a pop duo formed by Jeanette and Sheila McKinlay. [more…]
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare review – flawed Netflix documentary still shocks
When Kirat Assi received a Facebook friend request from a man named Bobby Jandu, in 2009, she had no reason to view it suspiciously. It [more…]
Studio One Forever review – affectionate look back at LA’s legendary gay club
‘It used to be paradise. Now it’s a straight club.” The dismay is obvious when a bunch of former regulars at Studio One, the legendary [more…]
Joy review – warm and intensely English portrayal of the birth of IVF
There is sympathy, warmth and directness – though perhaps not much in the way of explicit joy – in this intensely English true story that [more…]
‘More important than going to the moon’: Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie on their film about the birth of IVF
‘It’s just so weird, having children,” says Bill Nighy. “The whole thing is like science fiction. Human beings make decisions and have ideas and choose [more…]
Terrifier 3: this low-budget film makes audiences vomit. Why is it No 1 at the US box office?
Name: Terrifier 3. Age: Three days old. Appearance: A clown putting a chainsaw up a man’s bum. I don’t understand. Is this a metaphor? No. [more…]
Milisuthando review – a life haunted by, and isolated from, the horrors of apartheid
In Milisuthando Bongela’s self-titled documentary, which spans 30 years of her life, memories are slippery, fragile, and even dangerous. Born in apartheid-era South Africa, she [more…]
Kathleen Is Here review – cuckoo-in-the-nest drama-thriller has a properly nailbiting ending
Irish actor Eva Birthistle has given successful performances in Ken Loach’s Ae Fond Kiss, Peter Greenaway’s Nightwatching, and David Keating’s Wake Wood. Now she pivots [more…]
