Category: Films
Favoriten review – charming kids’ eye view of an inner city Vienna primary
There are some big personalities in the class of seven-year-olds in an inner city Vienna primary school in this rather lovely and compassionate documentary. It [more…]
Nosferatu review – Robert Eggers’s respectful homage to a vampire horror classic
Here is Robert Eggers’s avowed passion project as writer-director: a luxury-arthouse remake on a grand scale, paying homage to FW Murnau’s classic silent film from [more…]
Moana 2 leads record-breaking Thanksgiving box office in North America
Christmas came early at the box office this year. Moana 2 brought in a tidal wave of moviegoers over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, setting records [more…]
Remembering Every Night review – drifting drama follows three Tokyo women living their lives
Japanese director Yui Kiyohara is clearly a believer in time, not speed, and situation over story. For nearly two hours, with virtually no plot to [more…]
Invisible Nation review – insightful primer for Taiwan’s complex history
Producer-director Vanessa Hope has worked on a number of films about China and its neighbouring nations, and this new one focuses on Taiwan, which is [more…]
‘Intensely nostalgic’: why A Knight’s Tale is my feelgood movie
There’s a neat little moment in A Knight’s Tale that I like to think speaks directly to how it became one of my favourite films. [more…]
Allen Sunshine review – deft character study bathed in a sense of goodness
Shot when director Harley Chamandy was 22, making him the youngest recipient of the Werner Herzog award for “special achievement in innovation, courage and vision”, [more…]
A Thousand Fires review – mesmerising study of Myanmar’s homemade oil wells
In Saeed Taji Farouky’s impressionistic documentary, the act of manual labour gains a sensorial, almost celestial dimension. The film’s opening sequences are near-wordless, as the [more…]
Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning co-writer, dies aged 85
Marshall Brickman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote some of Woody Allen ’s best films, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and a number of Johnny Carson’s [more…]
Film advent calendar: 24 festive movies chosen by leading film figures
View image in fullscreen The Christmas movie has, in recent years, become its own industrial complex, algorithmically churned out by streaming services to hit various [more…]