Category: Films
Eno review – stimulating and cerebral look at the high priest of art-tech experimentalism
If anyone could get away with presenting a “generative documentary” rather than a bog-standard bio-doc, it would have to be Brian Eno, the high priest [more…]
The Commandant’s Shadow review – family of Auschwitz commander bring healing to death-camp survivor
The first shock delivered by this engrossing documentary is probably the queasy jolt of recognition. Hans Jürgen Höss, the now elderly son of the Nazi [more…]
Hundreds of Beavers review – Gold Rush-style spoof silent comedy fires gags at warp speed
The sheer sustained silliness of this spoof silent comedy is what finally compels admiration. It’s like chancing across a bunch of eerily gifted kids by [more…]
Schlitter: Evil in the Woods review – tightly crafted horror turned DIY torture tutorial
From pruning knives, to a table-saw, to pulley-activated mousetraps, DIY buffs will be in heaven watching this rigorously conceived and intelligently shot French horror-thriller (and [more…]
Kevin Costner’s Horizon sequel pulled from release after first film flops
The second part of Kevin Costner’s big-budget Horizon saga has been pulled from its August release date after the first film underperformed. The first film [more…]
Longlegs review – Nicolas Cage is a miscast killer in misfiring hokum
In a rather gloomy period for the horror film – a string of commercial misfires causing some to question the usually profitable genre’s long-life reliability [more…]
Twisters review – Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones find whirlwind romance in weather-hacking 90s sequel
Twister was the smash-hit 90s disaster film about tornadoes, co-scripted by Michael Crichton, which sent an innocent cow twirling up into the heavens. Now here’s [more…]
Sleep review – marriage unravels in gleeful Korean somnambulist psycho-chiller
The sleep of reason is what’s supposed to produce monsters … but not as many as sleep deprivation. That is the awful paradox driving this [more…]
James Stewart is sublimely strange and sweet in Harvey as a drunkard with an invisible rabbit friend
How does one go about choosing their favourite James Stewart movie? The great actor’s oeuvre spans a wide variety of genres and moods. For good [more…]
‘Rage is your gift’: Paul Mescal battles Pedro, Denzel and a rhino in first Gladiator II trailer
The first trailer for one of the autumn’s most hotly anticipated films has arrived. Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 Oscar-conquering epic, is [more…]
