Film Review – Passages (2023)
Warmth and beautiful observation have characterized Ira Sachs’ best films – Love Is Strange and Little Men in particular –...
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Film Review – The Innocent (2022)
The Innocent, directed by and starring Louis Garrel, is a comedy-drama heist film with a premise that initially presents as...
Film Review – Afire (2023)
Right from the opening moments of Christian Petzold’s Afire, things start to go wrong. The car taking friends Leon (Thomas...
Film Review – The Blackening (2022)
While comedy is an integral part of his portfolio, it’s something Jordan Peele has kept almost completely under wraps as...
Film Review – Blue Beetle (2023)
Another week, another deluge of talk about the overbearingly obvious question: is superhero film fatigue real? After a year of...
Film Review – Lie With Me (2022)
Towards the end of the film, the protagonist reveals that “you always write to someone.” This is not only relevant...
Film Review – Haunted Mansion (2023)
For anybody raised on Disney movies – in other words, most of us – the opening combination of the Magic...
Film Reviews – Paris Memories (2022)
In the aftermath of a devastating terrorist attack, the world grieves. The names and faces of those who have lost...
Film Review – Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
As we all continue to ride the rollercoaster of this year's monumental summer cinema season with Barbie and Oppenheimer in...
Film Review – Joy Ride (2023)
It was a film that broke down barriers. A romcom with an ensemble cast following the glamorous lives of the...
Film Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Are we living in a Golden Age of animation? Guillermo del Toro’s stop motion masterpiece, Pinocchio, Dreamworks’ Puss In Boots:...
Film Review – Talk To Me (2022)
We’ve probably all done it. Got together with some friends to dabble in the supernatural, courtesy of a Ouija board...
Film Review – Oppenheimer (2023)
OPPENHEIMER, written and directed by Christopher Nolan The heat is on. Well, at least that's what cinema goers and commentators...
Film Review – The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
A mesmerising glow lights up the mouth of a hidden cave. The temptation to venture into it is overwhelming and...