Category: Films
The Return review – Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes bring fierce class to elemental Odyssey adaptation
The film world is on tenterhooks for Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming Imax-epic treatment of Homer’s Odyssey, but Uberto Pasolini’s fierce, raw drama of the poem’s final [more…]
Star Wars original cut to be screened this summer in London
The force is finally with Star Wars fans long frustrated by director George’s Lucas’s alterations to the iconic space opera, with a rare screening of [more…]
Cinemas threaten Minecraft Movie audiences over ‘chicken jockey’ TikTok trend
Cinemas have warned audience members they will be ejected if they join in with a TikTok trend encouraging filmgoers to disrupt screenings of the hit [more…]
Wake in Fright understood the horrors of Australian booze culture. 50 years on, nothing’s changed | Joseph Earp
Wake in Fright, the 1971 film-cum-anthropological study by Ted Kotcheff understands Australian men, it understands Australia’s drinking culture, and it understands the way those two [more…]
Holy Cow review – warmhearted story of smalltown teen turned competition cheesemaker
It doesn’t get more French than a drama about cheese. Holy Cow is the feature debut from director (and part-time farmer) Louise Courvoisier; it’s a [more…]
Dreamin’ Wild review – Walton Goggins and Casey Affleck are rediscovered 70s rockers in late-life fame drama
Newcomer-fans of Walton Goggins, sharing gifs of his stunned expression in The White Lotus, might want a look at this interesting but flawed movie: a [more…]
Minecraft mania: how millions of rowdy kids saved the box office
Minecraft has jumped from game consoles to movie screens, and theaters across the country are shaking with perhaps the most vocal fan participation this side [more…]
The Amateur review – Rami Malek takes action-hero baby steps as CIA analyst out for revenge
Here is a moderate action spy thriller directed by James Hawes, who previously made the Nicholas Winton drama One Life. It is conceived in the [more…]
Memo to Timothée Chalamet: instead of total-immersion ping pong, maybe take the year off | Stuart Heritage
Not winning an Oscar can do funny things to people. Look at Leonardo DiCaprio. He tried harder and harder with every successive loss until he [more…]
Demise review – an enjoyably ludicrous throwback to 90s erotic thrillers
Here is a low-budget erotic thriller directed by Yara Estrada Lowe, which recalls both the highs and the lows of the genre’s heyday. As with [more…]
