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 the run-up to the new
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 Avenue on the Lower East
It’s a Wrap: 2025 in Film
Emily Maskell Five personal favourite films of 2025 Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier) Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor) April (Dea Kulumbegashvili) Flow (Gints Zilbalodis) On Falling (Laura Carreira)
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 rest of our global population,
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 a sequence paying extended homage to
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 be a lot of things
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 Smashing Machine was announced, but
Ellis Park review – prioritises heart over clarity
Therapy, as we know, can take a number of different forms. For Australian multi-instrumentalists and Nick Cave cohort, Warren Ellis, this process of self-enrichment encompasses a wildlife
Hen – first-look review | Little White Lies
The first image of György Pálfi’s Hen – an extended close-up on a chicken’s cloaca as she lays an egg – might take the prize for the most
Ghost Trail review – subtle to a fault
Jonathan Millet’s Ghost Trail played at the Cannes Film Festival a full year before Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident, which is worth