Category: Reviews
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The Rhythm Section Review
How ironic that a film called The Rhythm Section would be so off-beat. Read More >
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The Lighthouse Review
The Lighthouse is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Read More >
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Ad Astra Review
With echoes of Kubrick, Nolan, and even Malick, Ad Astra is a film that reaches for the stars in more ways than one. Read More >
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Midsommar Review
Just as the sun rarely sets in this place, Midsommar wears its audience down like they’ve been strapped under a giant heat lamp. Read More >
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Murder on the Orient Express Review
It’s a shame to see such a wonderful story and cast not done justice too, as a film just lacking in that playful edge, too pedestrian in its execution Read More >
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Mother! Review
In cinema one of the most engaging of elements is a filmmakers ability to provoke, to entice conversation, and have several likeminded people find themselves miles apart in their own interpretation of art, how we can all watch the same thing and yet each seem to watch something so different to the next. In that… Read More >
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Suburbicon Review (Toronto International Film Festival)
Seeing the names Joel and Ethan Coen attached to a film is an instant cause for excitement — place George Clooney in the director’s chair and you’d be lying to yourself if Suburbicon weren’t high on your list this festival season. Clooney behind the camera is comfortable and clean cut, perhaps too subdued for a… Read More >
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer Review (Toronto International Film Festival)
There is a torturous, biting audio that surrounds Yorgos Lanthimos latest surreal picture, The Killing of a Sacred Deer. It drones on from scene to scene, sometimes leaving completely, but lurking alongside the visual, ready to add that piercing sonic climax. We follow cardiologist Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell in full black comedy form, wearing a… Read More >
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My Cousin Rachel Review
Though telling an immensely dramatic, complex tale, the film thrives in its subtlety, with so much to take in, and so much you may even miss. Read More >
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You Were Never Really Here Review
At less than ninety minutes, Ramsay and editor Joe Bini manage to make You Were Never Really Here a film that feels simultaneously deeply rich and incredibly sparse. Read More >
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