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 a familiar handful of ingredients, and Northbound
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 be hard not to mention
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 by its scale, ambition and
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 why we fell for her
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 jackbooted state in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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 Debré’s 2020 novel unfolds like
Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – slavish fan…
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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 remain as haunting as ever.
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 stop-and-search. While planes roar overhead
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 puddles. The world’s largest operational