Beef: Season 2 Review (Netflix)
A show about how we let anger rule our lives that became a commentary on class differences and the trivial...
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Colours of Time Review
There’s something quietly audacious about how Colours of Time begins. We’re immediately met with close-up images of Monet’s paintings inside...
Glenrothan Review
There was only one way a Scottish family drama directed by Brian Cox could unfold – and Glenrothan follows that...
Margo’s Got Money Troubles Review (Apple TV)
Margo (Elle Fanning) realises she’s pregnant when she throws up into a bread basket at her waitressing job. It’s not...
Akira Review
What do Jordan Peele’s Nope, Nisemonogatari, and Batman: The Animated Series have in common? Beyond all being great pieces of...
The Blue Trail Review
Dystopian films often lean towards being bleak or overtly apocalyptic, but The Blue Trail presents its world very differently. Gabriel...
Sunshine Women’s Choir Review
In what might be a surprising revelation, given that most of my film career has been spent discussing East Asian...
Drag Review (2026 Overlook Film Festival)
Drag fuses farcical slapstick humour with wince-inducing gore and palm-sweating tension to deliver a highly entertaining and often vicious housebreak...
The Cure Review
The horror genre is characterised as one that is always looking towards the outer landscape of its time to locate...
Outcome Review (Apple TV)
Somewhere out there, there's a version of Outcome that I thought I'd enjoy, because it positions itself early on with...
Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair Review (Disney+)
"Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Can you repeat the question?" were the iconic lyrics that opened every episode of...
You, Me & Tuscany Review
Russian poet Anna Akhmatova once said that Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life....
Rebuilding Review (2026 Manchester Film Festival)
Josh O’ Connor can always be found at the scene of the crime, when that crime is a devastatingly beautiful...
Undertone Review
When you hear of Undertone, a movie that focuses on scaring you through its use of sound that’s about a...