Women Talking – There Has Never Been a Better Moment For This Story
Sarah Polley’s new film, Women Talking is her first narrative feature in eleven years. Before her lauded documentary Stories We Tell...
Read MoreWho is Jeanne Dielman? or How to get the most out of the Sight & Sound Poll
Is film criticism elitist? Almost definitely, an opinion only exacerbated by the release of the latest Sight & Sound Best Films of all...
Read MoreLFF 2022 Review: The Banshees of Inisherin is brilliant
Martin McDonagh’s work feels spare. His gift for economical storytelling creates believable characters in minimal screen time. These...
Read MoreLFF 2022 Review: She Said is the Best of Journalism Movies
There’s this part of All the President’s Men that stays with me. Woodward and Bernstein doorstop a woman in need of answers....
Read MoreLFF 2022 Review: Causeway is Quietly Devastating
How does it feel to overcome major trauma? It’s not a catchy theme, it doesn’t sound pleasant and it’s difficult to...
Read MoreReview: Don’t Worry Darling is fine and that’s all it needs to be
Some recent history: Gaslight was released in 1944. Butterfield 8 in 1960, Stepford Wives in 1975, The Color Purple in 1985, Eyes Wide...
Read MoreElvis is Baz Luhrmann’s rhinestoned homage to JFK. This is breath-taking cinema.
The dictionary definition of Icon reads: “A person regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration.” Of course,...
Read MoreTop Gun: Maverick is almost the best of the best
Top Gun: Maverick ends with a heart-warming gesture: a dedication to Tony Scott. That feels right. A mere 36 years earlier, Scott gave us...
Read MoreReview – Downton Abbey: A New Era – Come for the Dame, Stay for the Haddock.
The Venn diagram overlap containing viewers of Ari Aster’s Midsommar and Downton Abbey: A New Era can’t be large. Although radically...
Read MoreThe Lost City Nearly has the Right Formula. It’s just Missing the Sex.
Escaping to a desert island. Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? Hollywood agrees, having recently released this and this. Add a steamy, romantic...
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