Reviews

Poor Things
Poor Things Review

The original 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray on which Poor Things was...

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The Holdovers
The Holdovers Review

Uncork your finest bottle of wine (not Merlot) and rejoice. Because one of...

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The Boy And The Heron
The Boy And The Heron Review

As it turns out, Hayao Miyazaki simply cannot stop. The legendary Japanese...

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Leave The World Behind
Leave The World Behind Review

M. Night Shyamalan gets unfairly mocked for his horror movies — not least Old...

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Queendom
Queendom Review

Gena Marvin first appears in Queendom — a stirring new documentary from...

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It's A Wonderful Knife
It’s A Wonderful Knife Review

If every time someone was violently stabbed to death in Tyler MacIntyre and...

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Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé Review

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé is indubitably Un Film De Beyoncé...

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Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget Review

That Aardman Animations even exists — still operating out of an unassuming...

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Wonka
Wonka Review

In a move that will surprise absolutely no-one, Wonka begins with a...

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Fallen Leaves
Fallen Leaves Review

In 2017, Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki announced that The Other Side Of...

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Femme
Femme Review

Neo-noir meets erotic thriller meets queer revenge tale in Femme, the feature...

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Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One Review

Godzilla has been many things over his near 70-year history. Takashi...

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Eileen
Eileen Review

There is a sense of entrapment at the heart of Eileen, William Oldroyd’s...

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Candy Cane Lane
Candy Cane Lane Review

There are certain things intrinsic to a good Christmas movie: jingling bells,...

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American Symphony
American Symphony Review

“What we love about music is not that it sounds good,” says musician Jon...

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Genie
Genie Review

The messaging in festive movies is historically muddled. The reason for the...

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The Three Musketeers: Milady
The Three Musketeers: Milady Review

Back in April, Martin Bourboulon’s The Three Musketeers:...

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Leo
Leo Review

In his work with Netflix in recent years, Adam Sandler has been a loving dad...

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Rustin
Rustin Review

As far as American civil rights icons go, Bayard Rustin does not quite enjoy...

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The Eternal Daughter
The Eternal Daughter Review

For some, going on an isolated holiday with their elderly mother is a literal...

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Maestro
Maestro Review

Leonard Bernstein (pronounced “stine”, not “steen”) has been going...

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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving (2023) Review

Eli Roth might have taken a side trip into family-friendlier fare via The...

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Wish
Wish Review

So this is Disney’s “centenary film”: the culmination of a year-long...

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Napoleon
Napoleon (2023) Review

The marketing for Napoleon did a bang-up job of making Ridley Scott’s take on...

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May December
May December Review

In Todd Haynes’ bitingly camp new film, two acting titans play manipulative...

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Saltburn
Saltburn Review

With her feature debut Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell took a scathing...

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Sly
Sly Review

“For some men, in 500 words, to completely discredit all that effort,” says...

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Fingernails
Fingernails Review

Love is painful and illogical in Christos Nikou’s bittersweet...

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Review

Susan Sontag once wrote, “Good novels rarely make good films, but excellent...

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