FILM REVIEWS

STRANGE DARLING

A solid B-flick that isn’t nearly as twisty or innovative as it thinks it is, Strange Darling nevertheless delivers suitably pulpy...

DAHOMEY

The return of 26 pieces of stolen art to Benin serves as an intriguing premise for Golden Bear winning doc Dahomey but the film fails to...

TIME BANDITS

Time Bandits isn’t just a fantastical adventure through time and space: Terry Gilliam fashions a fantastic, funny, visually formidable...

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - chapter 1

A would-be epic that fails to sell its ambition and is narratively held back by the promise of three sequels, Horizon: an American Saga...

ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS

While the film excels in mood, Chinese murder mystery Only the River Flows is enigmatic to a fault and strands somewhere between a...

FLOW (STRAUME)

Wordless Latvian animated movie Flow is at its best when it lets the at times stunning visuals do the talking, yet it also exists in a...

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

The Juice is loose and Tim Burton is back on form in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, an energetic sequel that overcomes rushed plotting with an...

KINDS OF KINDNESS

As far as movie anthologies go, Kinds of Kindness falls squarely in the weird category, and while there are a few intriguing ideas, they...

EMILIA PEREZ

A musical unlike any you’ll have seen, Emilia Pérez has a ballsy narrative, thematic ambition and visual delights, with a spellbinding...