Film Review
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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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