Hacks was always a love story
Hacks contains multitudes; at once it’s a giddy comedy, an unpredictable drama, and an endlessly fruitful sitcom, but more than anything, Hacks is a love story. Across five
Tuner review – woefully off-key
Cinema has the power to shape perceptions of entire groups of people. People with AIDS are Tom Hanks in Philadelphia (1993); trans women are Norman Bates
The Dreamed Adventure – first-look review
In Valeska Grisebach’s last film, from 2017, a German laborer in Bulgaria to work on an infrastructure project explores the hillsides around a Bulgarian village on foot
The End of It – first-look review
Despite an intriguing sci-fi premise, Maria Martínez Bayona’s feature debut is a tonally mismatched and unintentionally comedic slog. As tradition dictates, two hundred and fifty
Hope – first-look review | Little White Lies
For all of the rip-roaring set pieces in Na Hong-jin’s creature feature Hope, there’s a scene at the halfway point that encapsulates everything that makes it so
Colony – first-look review | Little White Lies
In the post-Romero era of zombie horror filmmaking, there are only a handful of titles that truly stand out, and one that deserves to be considered
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – first-look…
Early into Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Sundance-anointed filmmaker Kris (Hannah Einbinder) explains to erstwhile scream queen Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson)
Kokuho review – a kabuki star is born
Within a short time of being introduced to the budding kabuki performer at the centre of Lee Sang-il’s hit Japanese film Kokuho, a character cuttingly offers an
The magnificent range of Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Cynthia bawls, Hortense holds herself together, at first over the phone and then in person. The camera holds mother and daughter in a long shot outside
The Piano Teacher and The Limits of Desire
Romy keeps fantasising about Samuel, and it’s implied that BDSM now plays some role in her marriage. But, as in many erotic films, the threat