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...
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- 6 days ago
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...
- Sep 16
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...
- Sep 9
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...
- Aug 26
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
As stylish, suspenseful and exciting as Love Lies Bleeding builds towards the central crime, as laboriously and disappointing the...
- Aug 17
JACKPOT!
In essence an endless series of violently comedic action set-pieces, Jackpot! provides a wildly entertaining match-up between Awkwafina...
- Aug 13
TWISTERS
If you long for the slick yet grounded blockbusters of the nineties, Twisters is just the ticket for you: a well-made tale that mixes...
- Jul 23
LONGLEGS
Creepy thriller Longlegs effectively draws you in with an abundance of atmosphere and a disturbing Nic Cage performance yet there is also...
- Jul 17
FLY ME TO THE MOON
An old-fashioned approach to storytelling combines with a heavy dose of feminism in Fly Me to the Moon yet after a thoroughly enjoyable...
- Jul 7
THE BIKERIDERS
Neither a testosterone-filled biker film nor a deconstruction of the genre from a female point of view, The Bikeriders is to be applauded...
- Jul 7
THE GREAT ESCAPER
The on most accounts mild and unremarkable The Great Escaper caters specifically for the Sunday afternoon senior crowd, but veterans...
- Jul 5
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
There are intimate moments in A Quiet Place: Day One that truly make an emotional connection – mostly due to an excellent Lupita Nyong’o...
- Jun 23
INSIDE OUT 2
While Inside Out 2 is a perfectly entertaining movie for the entire family, the picture’s narrative arc and central message are mostly a...
- Jun 16
THE MONK AND THE GUN
As fascinating as this satirical, unusual look at nascent democracy in Bhutan is, The Monk and the Gun struggles for tone and rhythm and...
- Jun 15
JIM HENSON: IDEA MAN
Jim Henson: Idea Man works reasonably well as an amiable introduction to the man who gifted the world The Muppets but do not expect much...
- May 28
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
Never dull yet never exhilarating either Furiosa ranks in the middle of the Mad Max pack: what it adds in character development and world...
- May 19
BACK TO BLACK
Amy Winehouse gets a mostly disappointing yet surprisingly entertaining biopic in Back to Black even if the engaging lead actress Marisa...
- May 18
THE DEAD DON'T HURT
Drawing upon tried and tested western tropes, actor Viggo Mortensen makes a confident directing effort with The Dead Don’t Hurt, despite...
- Apr 27
CIVIL WAR
The premise and the title of Civil War hold more controversy (and potential) than the actual film, which is mostly a conventional...
- Apr 20
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
After an often tedious first hour something remarkable happens in Evil Does Not Exist: the film blossoms as a disturbing parable on the...
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