MOVIE

Northbound – first-look review | Little White Lies

A rogue elder, an uptight junior, the open road and a moral life lesson idling at the finish line – it’s…

1 month ago

Coyote vs Acme review – one must imagine Wile E…

Even if the plot of Coyote vs Acme didn’t feel like an uncanny reflection of its own making, it would…

1 month ago

Meet the Festival Director: Edinburgh…

Recently, I went to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in beautiful 70 mm at the Filmhouse here in Edinburgh. I was completely blown away…

1 month ago

Lady review – a gloriously deranged mockumentary

It’s been ten years since Sian Clifford first graced our screens as Claire in Fleabag, and Lady reminds us exactly…

1 month ago

One Night Only review – smash your parts…

“The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion,” wrote George Orwell, envisioning the dystopian kibosh put on human spirit by the…

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Love Me Tender review – quietly devastating…

Some films ask to be watched; Love Me Tender asks to be felt. Anna Cazenave Cambet’s quietly devastating adaptation of Constance…

2 months ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – slavish fan…

Will Tom Holland, who we just saw struggling to live up to his father’s legacy in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, ever grow…

2 months ago

In Praise of Hiroshi Teshigahara: Surveyor of the Abyss

As The Face of Another turns 60, the Japanese New Wave director's cinematic battlegrounds of alienation, exploitation and fractured identity…

2 months ago

Ish review – a vital coming-of-age tale

Imran Perretta's feature debut follows two best friends whose bond is torn apart by racial profiling and a traumatic police…

2 months ago

Eye of the Giant: Cinema’s Cyclops Problem

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is so stuffed with technical triumphs that singling out one feels a little like complimenting Poseidon on his…

2 months ago