MOVIE

Inside the North West Film Clubs building a…

Without the glossy production values that come with screening in a multiplex, film clubs like Speed and Strike sell themselves on…

5 months ago

Chihiro Amano: ‘It was like I hit a wall in all…

Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges…

5 months ago

State of Statelessness review – an intimate…

This is a film about the constant sense of being slightly out of step with where you are standing, rendered with…

5 months ago

Giant review – another tired boxing biopic for…

It’s nearing a quarter-century since the retirement of ​“Prince” Naseem Hamed, Sheffield’s world champion boxer of Yemeni heritage. For a while, in…

5 months ago

Peter Hujar’s Day review – Ira Sachs’ best film…

It’s only a matter of time before kids are doing the Peter (Hujar) Pilgrimage: a leisurely photographer’s stroll down New York’s 2nd…

5 months ago

It’s a Wrap: 2025 in Film

Emily MaskellFive personal favourite films of 2025Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor)April (Dea Kulumbegashvili)Flow (Gints Zilbalodis)On Falling (Laura Carreira)Cinematographer of…

6 months ago

A House of Dynamite review – a skilful and timely…

Now and then it occurs to me that the future of my very existence, as well as that of the…

8 months ago

Tron: Ares review – plays like a vapid,…

“The ​’80s,” gasps Jared Leto (the eponymous Ares) with something approaching the human emotion of reverence. ​“Classic,” he says during…

9 months ago

Him review – not quite a touchdown

An ambitious college football player finds himself drawn into a cult in Justin Tipping's sports horror. Justin Tipping’s Him wants to…

9 months ago

The Smashing Machine review – a moving portrait…

Of course there have been inevitable (and not entirely unfair) jokes about The Rock running for an Oscar since The…

9 months ago