Film Review
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Fennell’s Vibes-Only “Wuthering Heights” Has all the Charm of an AI-Generated Fashion Ad. But is that the Point?
It’s not that Emerald Fennell has tried and failed to adapt Brontë’s novel. It’s that in today’s cultural climate, she didn’t have to try Continue reading
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Review — ‘Close’: A Quietly Urgent Meditation on Boyhood
Lukas Dhont’s 2022 Grand Prix winner grows ever more relevant with each year — and is, despite its tough subject matter, utterly life-affirming Continue reading
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Review — ‘Weapons’: Grownups, Are You Listening?
Building off the success of his wonderfully deranged ‘Barbarian’ (2022), Cregger returns with a flawed but fun-filled horror-mystery aimed at the lethal spell of smartphones Continue reading
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Review — ‘Perfect Days’: A Celebration of Object and Space
Wim Wenders’ love letter to living presently is a moving celebration of the things and places that truly bind us — but is let down by a simplistic ending Continue reading
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Review — ‘Nosferatu’: Horny gothic romp is a visual powerhouse, saddled with a chaotic and laborious middle act
Lily-Rose Depp carries this gorgeous retelling W. F. Murnau’s silent original, but alone cannot compensate for its confused, unimaginative core Continue reading
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Review — ‘The Room Next Door’: In a Dying World, Almodóvar Celebrates Colour and Life
Pedro Almodóvar’s first foray into English-speaking cinema challenges us to look at life and death in a new, technicolour light Continue reading
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Review — ‘Civil War’: Alex Garland Sends in The Clowns
Though far from perfect, Garland’s visceral epic brings the banality of war home to a divided America Continue reading
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‘Kinds of Kindness’ — Absurdist Triptych is a Bloodthirsty Critique of Hollywood
Lanthimos’ latest film exposes man’s farcical attempts to deny our lot as animals in a dying world Continue reading
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‘Emily the Criminal’; or, On the normalisation of crime
John Patton Ford’s thriller is a tense depiction of survival in a morally bankrupt world Continue reading
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‘The Bikeriders’: Review
Luscious lips and taught leather can’t redeem this uneven, safe-playing biker biopic Continue reading
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