Category: Films
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…]
‘It would not get made today’: Todd Solondz on his shocking paedophile film Happiness
Todd Solondz, writer and director I’d had an unexpected success with my movie Welcome to the Dollhouse and, knowing how fleeting that can be, I [more…]
The Island review – Matt Dillon’s moody clarinetting sums up exotic Greek idyll thriller
Neither pulpy enough for the midnight movie crowd, nor classy enough for the arthouse, this alleged thriller about a young woman called Alex (Aida Folch), [more…]
Last Straw review – waitress holes up in diner in twisty low-budget siege horror
The first half of this 80-minute roadside diner siege horror plays out almost like a section of an anthology film, calling to mind the nasty [more…]
Astrakan 79 review – memories of a boyhood adventure in chilly communist Russia
The melancholy sound of an oboe thrums through the opening frames of Catarina Mourão’s contemplative documentary as the camera moves languorously through a slightly rundown [more…]
