Reviews

Unwelcome
Unwelcome Review

In the CGI era, practical effects are fast becoming a lost cinematic art. On...

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Shotgun Wedding
Shotgun Wedding Review

After 2022’s Marry Me, it’s safe to say that the romcom Jen-aissance is in...

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Emily The Criminal
Emily The Criminal Review

When we meet Emily (Aubrey Plaza), she seems like a fairly typical struggling...

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To Leslie
To Leslie Review

Michael Morris’ directorial debut seemed all set to head down the same path...

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You People
You People Review

In 1967, Stanley Kramer’s groundbreaking Sidney Poitier-starring romantic...

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Plane
Plane Review

First things first: Plane is quite a funny name for a film, isn’t it? The...

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All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed Review

Calling All The Beauty And The Bloodshed a “love letter to...

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JUNG_E
JUNG–E Review

Everything and nothing has changed for Yeon Sang-ho since Train to Busan, his...

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Alice, Darling
Alice, Darling Review

This may be her debut, but director Mary Nighy knows how to build tension. The...

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Scent of a Woman Review

As Lt. Col. Frank Slade, a lonely bitter soldier blinded — literally — by his...

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More Than Ever
More Than Ever Review

The tragic real-life death of 37-year-old actor Gaspard Ulliel last year, in a...

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Holy Spider
Holy Spider Review

Saeed Azimi (Mehdi Bajestani) is a respected pillar of his community, a devout...

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The Fabelmans
The Fabelmans Review

The young Steven Spielberg — or at least, his on-screen avatar Sammy Fabelman...

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The Old Way
The Old Way Review

Over 100 films into a career that’s most recently seen him play a...

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Enys Men
Enys Men Review

Mark Jenkin is a filmmaking force. The Cornish writer-director has, since 2002,...

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TÁR
TÁR Review

There’s nothing in the elevator pitch of TÁR — a renowned classical...

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A Man Called Otto
A Man Called Otto Review

The 2015 Swedish film A Man Called Ove — adapted from the novel of the same...

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Alcarrás
Alcarrás Review

Carla Simón’s gorgeous debut feature Summer 1993 followed an orphan child...

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Empire Of Light Review
Empire Of Light Review

Sam Mendes’ last film, the one-shot war epic 1917, was a tribute to his...

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The Enforcer
The Enforcer (2023) Review

Having appeared as the big bad in Uncharted and dazzled in Official Competition...

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M3GAN
M3GAN Review

Sinister dolls have stalked the shadows of plenty of horrors over the years –...

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Till
Till Review

On 28 August 1955 in Money, Mississippi, Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old...

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I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody Review

Hollywood can’t seem to escape the formulaic music biopic: the recounting of...

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The Pale Blue Eye
The Pale Blue Eye Review

With the whodunnit enjoying a comeback via the likes of Glass Onion, See How...

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Peter Von Kant
Peter Von Kant Review

Peter Von Kant begins and ends with photographs of iconic New German Cinema...

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Corsage
Corsage Review

In Corsage, we first encounter Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Vienna while...

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Avatar: The Way Of Water
Avatar: The Way Of Water Review

In the near-decade-and-a-half since we last visited Pandora, the humans in the...

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Babylon
Babylon Review

You will seldom find a film as simultaneously romantic and repulsive...

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The Silent Twins
The Silent Twins Review

The first few minutes of The Silent Twins are wonderfully striking....

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